as in to standardize
to make agree with a single established standard or model
the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten
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Recent Examples of regularize
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Congress have decisions to make to regularize the industry and allow small business to be profitable.
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Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Beijing also announced that its military forces would begin regularizing patrols in the Taiwan Strait.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Among the international companies that have settled with the Italian Revenue Agency, in 2016, Apple paid a sum of 318 million euros and the following year, Google paid a total of 306 million euros to regularize its fiscal position in the country.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
This is a mistake; the City Council, which regularized the COVID-era program, overregulated the outdoor eateries and needs to go back to the drawing board.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Nov. 2024
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Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Beijing also announced that its military forces would begin regularizing patrols in the Taiwan Strait.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Among the international companies that have settled with the Italian Revenue Agency, in 2016, Apple paid a sum of 318 million euros and the following year, Google paid a total of 306 million euros to regularize its fiscal position in the country.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
This is a mistake; the City Council, which regularized the COVID-era program, overregulated the outdoor eateries and needs to go back to the drawing board.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regularize
standardize
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By exporting its arms abroad, a country is able to improve interoperability with the purchasing parties by standardizing maintenance processes for hardware and creating joint training opportunities.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
17 June 2025
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An effort was launched about 20 years ago to standardize embassy security, covering everything from riot control to minimum gate requirements.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2025
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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularize. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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