as in to standardize
to make agree with a single established standard or model the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten

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Recent Examples of regularize The presence of Tren the Aragua in the United States is one of the central arguments in the Trump administration’s efforts to deport hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who have not yet been able to regularize their immigration status in the country. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025 One of the ways that Kim has begun to change his government’s culture is by regularizing its bureaucratic processes. David Kang, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2017 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Congress have decisions to make to regularize the industry and allow small business to be profitable. Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 Beijing also announced that its military forces would begin regularizing patrols in the Taiwan Strait. Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for regularize
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  • The Innovation Center standardizes model features to reduce administrative burden.
    Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Since the pick-up points are operated by workers not officially affiliated with the platforms, there’s no way to control the quality of the service, guarantee food is kept fresh, or standardize the process.
    Zeyi Yang, Wired News, 21 July 2025

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“Regularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regularize. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.

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