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
As such dealings become regularized in Washington, democratic states that support legal standards will become better options for commerce.
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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
This is always for three nights running, and the idea is to build up a enough sleep pressure to regularize yourself.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 25 July 2025
The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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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
This is always for three nights running, and the idea is to build up a enough sleep pressure to regularize yourself.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 25 July 2025
The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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standardize
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In part, the McKinley administration standardized various press protocols and routines involved in managing the press corps—holding somewhat regular briefings, for example, and carefully timing White House announcements.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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In fact, this team found that even after the light from Type Ia supernovas was standardized, Type Ia supernovas from populations of younger stars were fainter than those belonging to older stellar populations.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularize. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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