tailor
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That could make it possible to move prevention and screening earlier and tailor interventions to an individual's biology, shifting cancer care toward stopping disease before it begins.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
By analysing biological samples alongside day-to-day symptom information, the team hopes to identify markers that could eventually help clinicians recognise problems sooner and tailor treatment more effectively.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Far from the solemn pomp of the Vatican, nestled under the arcades of the mountain town of Santarcangelo di Romagna, a tailor clad all in black leaned over his sketch.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Local areas will have some flexibility to tailor the regulations to their communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Then, as the light grows, the tailor himself becomes visible.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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The dishwasher camera tailors washes for optimal energy efficiency and finally solves the mystery of what goes on inside there during the cycle.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Vietnam has no shortage of highly skilled tailors and hand embroiderers, but many of them are overlooked and do not receive the income they deserve," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
They created ready-to-wear suits, opened retail stores and created a reputation for unparalleled craftsmanship at a far lower price point than the tailors of Savile Row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Federal data show the typical annual wage for a dressmaker is about $43,000 a year, but some tailors and seamstresses can make more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
They would have seen families just like their own: sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, craftsmen, and tailors, individuals from all walks of life.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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"It's not that AI is ungovernable, it's that each risk needs a tailored approach."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
There will also be "tailored commitments" for online games and AI chatbots.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
"This brings us closer to identifying risk earlier and developing prevention strategies that are tailored to an individual's biology."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Genuine safety risks warrant narrowly tailored safeguards, not blanket secrecy for foreign governments, companies, universities and their agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But some seemed exclusively supernatural and had to be tailored to fit.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Rather than modernizing the home through an extensive renovation, however, the couple chose to preserve its midcentury character while tailoring other elements of the dwelling to their lifestyle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jesús Sosa Guerra, who recently opened a tailoring business inside the swap meet, said he supports the proposal but worries existing tenants could be displaced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Since those incidents occurred... there were no women in the markets," 26-year-old Ramin Ghafoori, a Herat-based businessman who runs a tailoring shop, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
"In farming, the person who uses a tractor is more efficient than the person who uses the horse. In the tailoring industry, we are still at the level where we are using the horse."
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
He approached Riddle as he approached the marketplace, tailoring the proposal to the owner’s desires.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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