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customize

[kuhs-tuh-mahyz] / ˈkʌs təˌmaɪz /
VERB
modify to personal expectations
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The result is a cheap artificial-intelligence system that users can download and customize, an American counterpart to a host of upstart Chinese models that are shaking up the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

That means developers can download, customize and host the model locally.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Like most of China's offerings, it costs less and uses source code that programmers can customize.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Buyers will start with a basic truck without power windows or even paint and can then customize it however they like.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 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

Davis customizes treatment plans for each person, and individual sessions are $300 a visit.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

To construct the device, the researchers added silver nanoparticles to a layer of customized DNA sequences -- specially designed to be of certain compositions and lengths -- that was integrated with thin films of perovskite.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

OTel, an open model that AT&T customized using telecom-specific data, supports AI agents that can detect the root cause of network issues, according to Markus.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Many items can be customized, repackaged and branded for bulk buyers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

There wasn’t a thing in the way of diversions, nowhere to buy a book or even a magazine that didn’t involve speedboats, customized cars, or guns and ammo.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

"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

In theory, the feature lets you skip the work of customizing your own instructions.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Plus, her fans went to the trouble of buying and customizing lookalike wigs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 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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