Definition of regularizenext
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 This is not the first time Spain has opted to regularize its undocumented population. Marta Campabadal Graus, NBC news, 30 May 2026 By that time, Cuba and Argentina were the only two formal members, apart from Venezuela, that had regularized their financial situation (investment on shares) at the board of teleSUR (in December 2011 and May 2012, respectively). Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation. Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Manifolds regularize the training landscape, reducing collapse events and supporting faster, more predictable convergence as models scale. David William Silva, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for regularize
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standardize
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  • The loan estimate form is standardized, which makes comparison easier.
    Dan Simms, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Parts and designs were standardized for the Phase II plants, which are 50 MW and on track for a more than 30% reduction in construction time.
    Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularize. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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