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adjective

as in standardized

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verb

past tense of regularize
as in normalized
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 regularized
Verb
For minors, their status is regularized for five years. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regularized
  1. standardized
  2. systematic
  3. organized
  4. systematized
Adjective
  • Groups like EdTrust-West and The Campaign for College Opportunity, which champion equity and access to higher education, pushed back and said standardized tests in UC admissions were biased against low-income and minority students.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Companies get standardized responses and stronger audit trails.
    — Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Definition of standardized
Adjective
  • Allegations of systematic torture The complaint accuses Venezuela’s military counterintelligence agency, known by its Spanish initials DGCIM, of carrying out systematic torture under Maduro’s direction.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, on a wider scale, ecological disaster and the systematic massacre of innocent animals seemed no closer to being forestalled.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of systematic
Adjective
  • Use the front and back slip pockets to stay organized, along with the roomy zip compartment.
    — Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Those first few hundred years were far less organized than the game millions around the world view on their screens today.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of organized
Adjective
  • Raad’s subject—war—is likewise highly systematized, yet requires mental gymnastics to justify itself.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • Starboard’s 2026 strategy leans into partnership, culture and experiential momentum, while Harding+ is building a more systematized retail model around emotion, data, and innovation.
    — Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Definition of systematized

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“Regularized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularized. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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