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
Advertisement The trauma and alienation experienced by those who endured military occupation at our nation’s founding suggests the peril of regularizing military rule in American cities today.
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Time, 9 Oct. 2025
There are strategies for regularizing time, all of which are familiar.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
As such dealings become regularized in Washington, democratic states that support legal standards will become better options for commerce.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2025
That could put unauthorized immigrants who are seeking to regularize their immigration status at risk of deportation.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Time, 9 Oct. 2025
There are strategies for regularizing time, all of which are familiar.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
As such dealings become regularized in Washington, democratic states that support legal standards will become better options for commerce.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2025
That could put unauthorized immigrants who are seeking to regularize their immigration status at risk of deportation.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regularize
standardize
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One of the most important among these standards was RIAA’s equalization curve, developed in 1954, which standardized the width of the grooves used in records and established specifications for the frequency response of audio recordings (known as the RIAA Curve).—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
20 May 2026
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Researchers from CultureAmp standardized the rating scales of 741 companies and over 200,000 employees.—
Peter D. Banko,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularize. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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