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to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.
The program can be customized to serve different purposes. customized the car with a unique paint job
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Recent Examples of customizes
His company runs a network of after school learning centers where an adaptive AI tutoring system spots those cracks and customizes lessons in real time based on how each student responds.
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Time Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
The company, founded by Steve Glenn, customizes home designs with architects before their modular pieces are built in one of its factories.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Vanguard generally starts with 3% to 5% in cash in a model portfolio, and customizes from there.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
The sneakers were created in collaboration with footwear artist and designer Mache, who customizes sneakers for star athletes and celebrities and earned a place on FN’s 2025 Sneaker Power List.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
The streaming app also customizes the Wrapped experience annually with various new interactive elements.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Demand may be hard to gauge ahead of time, but the more OpenAI customizes ChatGPT for tasks like shopping and schoolwork, the more people could use it for those activities.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Understanding Personalized And Contextual Security Personalized security customizes protections based on user attributes—such as roles, behaviors and historical interaction patterns.
—Pulak De, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
United customizes its menus to offer some uniquely Australian touches including Chicken Parma, Vegemite Cheese Toasties, and Fairy Bread French Toast Triangles.
—Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
Time Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
The company, founded by Steve Glenn, customizes home designs with architects before their modular pieces are built in one of its factories.
—Amancai Biraben, Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
Vanguard generally starts with 3% to 5% in cash in a model portfolio, and customizes from there.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
The sneakers were created in collaboration with footwear artist and designer Mache, who customizes sneakers for star athletes and celebrities and earned a place on FN’s 2025 Sneaker Power List.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
The streaming app also customizes the Wrapped experience annually with various new interactive elements.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Demand may be hard to gauge ahead of time, but the more OpenAI customizes ChatGPT for tasks like shopping and schoolwork, the more people could use it for those activities.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Understanding Personalized And Contextual Security Personalized security customizes protections based on user attributes—such as roles, behaviors and historical interaction patterns.
—Pulak De, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
United customizes its menus to offer some uniquely Australian touches including Chicken Parma, Vegemite Cheese Toasties, and Fairy Bread French Toast Triangles.
—Chris Dong, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for customizes
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It must be embedded into how AI operates, with clear guardrails on how content adapts across languages and markets, and how decisions are controlled, monitored and traced.—
Georg Ell,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Proprietary research informed its unique polymer formulation, which adapts to the wearer’s body for a secure and comfortable fit that minimizes leakage.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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Amazon tailors the product inventory to each location and uses artificial intelligence and other technology to analyze what customers buy, as well as when and how often.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The staff tailors interactions to comfort levels, and there is no pressure to touch anything if a visitor is nervous.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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Those receptors constantly monitor changes in blood flow and send signals to the brain, which then adjusts heart rate and blood vessel tension.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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California adjusts lottery prizes based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Only when one part modifies the data does the system create a new copy for that writer.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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The program is a partnership between HomeAid Sacramento and El Dorado County to build 12 Title 25 rural dwelling homes — which modifies coding requirements — each with two bedrooms and one bathroom.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Our enterprise-wide AI education and literacy program equips team members with the skills to apply AI responsibly and effectively, ensuring technology adoption drives real operational change.—
Marcus Balzereit,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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This insight, combined with empathy and analytical thinking, equips me to craft policies that create opportunities, guide better decisions and close loopholes for abuse.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Shifting rainfall alters the ecology of cholera.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Some of her collaborators have already shown that pregnancy alters a mom’s hormones and brain structure in ways that are good for bonding and child-rearing.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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