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customize

[kuhs-tuh-mahyz] / ˈkʌs təˌmaɪz /
VERB
modify to personal expectations
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I like to arrange an almost ridiculous assortment of crunchy, creamy, salty, fresh and acidic things, allowing everyone to customize their bowls.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

One of the most promising aspects of the discovery is the ability to customize the coating for different purposes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

The fact that you can customize or hack your chatbots—well, great, but the point is that there should be no such products for children.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The ROI on enterprise adoption continues to be hit-or-miss, driven in part by companies struggle to integrate AI tools into corporate systems and customize them for specific business needs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“The default setting is typically ‘help,’ but you can customize as the situation allows.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

While Apple customizes many components inside iPhones, Khan said, “there isn’t a lot of customization” for memory, alluding to the possibility that commodity Chinese memory chips could be used.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Davis customizes treatment plans for each person, and individual sessions are $300 a visit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

This new testing method further advances precision medicine, which is a patient care approach that customizes treatments specifically for a person's genetics, environment and lifestyle.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024

The photo was taken on Dec. 8, 2003, as Maxwell and Bamford, whose business customizes luxury watches, attended the opening of the Asprey Flagship Store on Fifth Avenue in New York.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2020

The plant sometimes customizes guns with scratches and blemishes by painting American flags on them, she said.

From Washington Post

Additional funding from Biohub then made it possible to acquire a customized, state-of-the-art Thermo Fisher Krios cryo-EM microscope and modify it to accommodate the laser technology.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The vaccine, called intismeran, is a radical new approach to treating melanoma that uses genetic data from the patient’s tumor to create a customized vaccine.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Tau is developing a general-purpose AI model for robots, which it runs on customized third-party hardware.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Scientists may eventually be able to design customized immune receptors that detect several fungal effectors simultaneously, potentially making plants more difficult for pathogens to infect.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

“They even customized it with my original moles and freckles.”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

“It’s given us the added confidence in customizing certain mandates and working with the managers to deliver value,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"It avoids the complex process of customizing cells and uses readily available drugs to reversibly enhance NK cells' anti-tumor activities."

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

Vargo purchased her home in April 2025 for about $450,000, spending closer to $465,000 all in after customizing finishes like lighting, fixtures and hardware.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

The key is to have fun with building and customizing your maximalist egg.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

Lena had been creating paint-by-numbers canvases for him, sketching them with expert speed, customizing each image to his specifications.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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