as in to adjust
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
the stand-up comic refused to tailor his routine for network television
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Recent Examples of tailor
Colin Lecher, USA Today, 18 June 2025
By analyzing customer behavior, preferences and engagement patterns, AI helps businesses tailor marketing campaigns and communications to individual customers—driving stronger engagement and loyalty.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
The justices kicked the cases challenging the birthright citizenship policy back down to the lower courts, where judges will have to decide how to tailor their orders to comply with the new ruling.
—Tim Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
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Verb
Such tools can help organizations to reach visitors and tailor ads for them.
—Colin Lecher, USA Today, 18 June 2025
By analyzing customer behavior, preferences and engagement patterns, AI helps businesses tailor marketing campaigns and communications to individual customers—driving stronger engagement and loyalty.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
However, many are still protected via regulatory loopholes, such as exemptions for those providing only impersonal advice not tailored to any particular client or issuing such advice for free.
—Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
The justices kicked the cases challenging the birthright citizenship policy back down to the lower courts, where judges will have to decide how to tailor their orders to comply with the new ruling.
—Tim Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailor
Verb
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2025
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Foiling yachts are typically equipped with software that adjusts the foils hundreds of times a second to maintain safe, level flight.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
Noun
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During alerts, residents can reduce pressure on the sewer system — and help prevent flooding — by limiting showers, delaying running the dishwasher and avoiding doing laundry.—
Nara Schoenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Storing rainwater on the surface makes more sense than expanding the sewer system, says Jan Rasmussen, director of climate adaptation for the city of Copenhagen.—
Rob Schmitz,
NPR,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Igor Jesus adapted quickly, clambering past Soares in the pecking order and registering six goals and an assist in his first seven starts.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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While comparing the skulls of common chipmunks and voles found in the Chicagoland area collected over the past 125 years, a team found evidence that these rodents have been adapting to life in an increasingly urban environment.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The yacht is suited to both inshore and offshore jaunts, with preliminary testing indicating impressive velocity, balance, and control in all conditions.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
23 June 2025
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The Waterpik Aquarius has 10 pressure settings to suit various sensitivities.—
Alexis Berger,
SELF,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The difference, while unnoticeable to the untrained eye, was a detail the seamster wanted to get right.—
Cassandra Jaramillo,
Dallas News,
2 Feb. 2021
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Gilbert Baker is the seamster responsible for creating the most enduring symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement: the rainbow flag.—
Tim Fitzsimons,
NBC News,
3 June 2019
Verb
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On sale for $1,799 PlushBeds Botanical Bliss Organic Latex Mattress offers a combination of resilient support and conforming pressure relief.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
27 June 2025
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Yet this efficiency revolution carries an uncomfortable irony: these same systems may systematically exclude unconventional candidates who don't conform to algorithmic patterns, potentially filtering out the very innovators and disruptors that drive organizational breakthroughs.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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For centuries, Maya weavers have passed down techniques through generations, embedding each piece with symbolic patterns that tell stories of lineage, spirituality, and community.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
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Cultural burning on a Juncus patches is usually for weavers.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Haliburton put no weight on the leg and had his face wrapped in towels as he was taken to the Pacers’ locker room for evaluation.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Eight steel lifting straps were used to put the hull upright and to form part of a steel wire lifting system that began raising the vessel out of the water Saturday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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“Tailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailor. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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