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
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.
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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
Two months later, the Parliament agreed to pass the Platform Work Directive, a law that will regularize the employment status and rights of platform workers like Uber drivers and content moderators in E.U. member states.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
So one of the easiest ways to fix this middle of the night problem is to regularize your morning awakening and go to bed later.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 23 July 2024
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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
Two months later, the Parliament agreed to pass the Platform Work Directive, a law that will regularize the employment status and rights of platform workers like Uber drivers and content moderators in E.U. member states.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
So one of the easiest ways to fix this middle of the night problem is to regularize your morning awakening and go to bed later.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 23 July 2024
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Ukrainian leaders are eager to standardize their artillery on Western calibers in order to align Ukrainian artillery doctrine with Western doctrine and to ensure Ukraine can tap European supply chains for its ammunition needs.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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During the American Revolution—and before the United States standardized its familiar stars and stripes—the patriots carried hundreds of different flags.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularize. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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