as in standardizing
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 regularizing
There are strategies for regularizing time, all of which are familiar.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
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In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act, standardizing the length of daylight saving time.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Sep. 2025
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Organizations that understand that AI will become the ultimate keeper of organizational knowledge, a resource for learning and standardizing on best practices, will be the winners.—
George Pesansky,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Regularizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularizing. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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