particularize

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Recent Examples of particularize Wagner works hard to particularize these women, but the play, which has over the years lost an intermission and been streamlined into one 95-minute act, has trouble getting started. New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022 Within this prison, Ms. Nwandu has been careful to particularize and humanize her main characters so that the tragedy is not just theoretical or surreal. Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021 His Democratic opponent was quick to particularize the term for low-information voters: Barbour had lobbied not only for Big Oil, nuclear power plants, and some more-or-less savory foreign governments. Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 19 Dec. 2019 The Justice Department, which intervened on Trump’s behalf in New York, has taken a narrower approach, saying Vance must prove ‘‘particularized need’’ for the records before they are released to a grand jury. BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2019 That’s a problem built into the bloated mash-up of genres: Comedy is based on particularizing human behavior, but allegory is based on generalizing it. New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019 Photojournalists have deployed a familiar toolbox of artful devices to distill these panoramas of destruction down to human scale, particularize the war and speak to a wider public. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for particularize
Verb
  • This is why having a solution, whether individualizing information or some other tool that will help foster more trust is critical.
    Troy Batterberry, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • For example, drug developers or healthcare practitioners can individualize drug therapy to a patient based on their recent lab results via simulation of potential dosing strategies or drug treatment combinations.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Sandler enumerated services the school provides, in addition to $850,000 in rent, including vocational training, physical recreation, transportation, scholarships for the children of veterans and hundreds of free meals.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
  • And his influence can be seen in so many places, there’s no point in even enumerating it.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The partners said the deal will help deliver new fan experiences, a deeper music and video catalog, further paid subscription tiers, and differentiated content bundles.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The figures provided by the ministry do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The complaint details the lead-up to Render being escorted out of Crypto.com Arena in handcuffs.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The dress featured a voluminous skirt, severe shoulders and lace-up detailing on the bodice.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Wings are available breaded, smoked, grilled or boneless, with your choice of sauces or dry rubs to customize the flavor.
    Tamia Boyd, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Anyone can download and further improve or customize their models.
    Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As a result, many people stopped itemizing their tax returns and started using the standard deduction instead.
    Una Osili, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
  • That's because studios tend to absorb the costs of individual pictures in their overall expenses and don't itemize how much was spent on each one.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Then came the gravity-defying blow dry, characterized by swinging ends and reflective shine.
    Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Read More: What Happened the Last Time Trump Withdrew From the Paris Agreement Trump also made a move to curtail offshore wind development, which the blueprint characterized as part of an agenda that would close off large sections of the ocean to commercial activity.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Contrary to realty ethics rules, Pearl did not disclose in the listing that the house doesn’t have a certificate of occupancy, and its building permit expired Feb. 15.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • As massive as these industrial farms can be, state officials disclose little information about dry-litter poultry farms, the roughly 4,700 farms responsible for raising more than 99% of the state’s billion birds, according to state agricultural data.
    Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025

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“Particularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particularize. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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