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customize

[kuhs-tuh-mahyz] / ˈkʌs təˌmaɪz /
VERB
modify to personal expectations
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The beauty of Finch is that it actively deters you from an all-or-nothing mindset; you can customize your goals realistically to your lifestyle and needs.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Nearly one in five teens already own a Cash App card, Templeton said, and the company allows users to customize their cards with colors, self-made illustrations and glow-in-the-dark features.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Still, these funds may work better as a starting point until retirement investors are ready to customize their plans to meet their financial needs and goals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Open-weight models, whose developers, including Nvidia, make them available to download so users can run and customize them on their own, would be exempt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

Whenever she’s on the hunt for a new pair, her first stop is the Rose Bowl Flea Market where she finds Allyn Scura, a local vendor, who customizes vintage frames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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

Because some DNA sequences can be programmed to interact more strongly than others, scientists may eventually be able to take advantage of these properties to build customized DNA structures for biotechnology.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

She had experience painting sets at work for the entertainment industry, but had never customized a rental of her own like this.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Loupe This is currently auctioning a watch customized with Meta’s logo on its dial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Prince said Friday he has formed Vectus Air Defense Systems to provide companies, militaries and governments with the design and operation of customized air-defense systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Now that I’m close enough to him, I can take in the details of the chair’s solid gold rims and customized engraved leather.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

"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

Average time spent in the FAO Schwarz store has increased by 10% since it introduced these experiences, which include other first-come-first-serve interactive displays like customizing toys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

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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