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customize

[kuhs-tuh-mahyz] / ˈkʌs təˌmaɪz /
VERB
modify to personal expectations
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Altman said that users can customize instructions and implement custom rules that prohibit what Dots are capable of.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

At one with Burberry, guests could purchase and customize vintage trench coats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The beauty of Finch is that it actively deters you from an all-or-nothing mindset; you can customize your goals realistically to your lifestyle and needs.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

“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

His research centers on metal organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are crystalline, porous materials with structures that can be carefully customized.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

"In the meantime, this model serves as proof-of-concept; with this technique, we can produce a very high-performance upconversion nanoparticle that could be customized to any molecule you might want to detect. That's something entirely new."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

BlackRock wants to address those differences and says it can now use technology to bring customized features to companies and plans of all sizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Prince recently formed Vectus Air Defense Systems alongside Swarmer to provide companies, militaries and governments with the design and operation of customized air-defense systems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But the interior is a tacky lime green, so it’s been customized at some point.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

The cycle of heartbreak is familiar to job seekers everywhere: They see an ad for a role with great pay and potential, spend time customizing a cover letter and resume, hit submit, and then…nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"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

The key is to have fun with building and customizing your maximalist egg.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

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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