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
In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.
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Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
There are strategies for regularizing time, all of which are familiar.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
There are strategies for regularizing time, all of which are familiar.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regularizing
standardizing
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In the nineteenth century, doctors started to consolidate their authority by standardizing, and encouraging, medical education.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2025
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Denim Deal, the European initiative committed to standardizing circular practices in denim production, launched new projects to advance circularity in France and India.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Regularizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularizing. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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