tailor
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His father had been a tailor and his mother a butcher’s daughter, but he rose rapidly in his department.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“But we see many other plausible opportunities to tailor medicines to different groups. As you noted, retatrutide is one of those ideas, which very obviously could play to individuals who are seeking greater weight loss.”
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
The results support growing interest in precision medicine, an approach that aims to tailor prevention and treatment strategies to individual characteristics, including sex.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
He says that before his arrest he was training to become a tailor and would have finished by now and set up his own business.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The mayor, two doctors, a shoemaker, a tailor, a chandler, a gunsmith, a drummer, and a fifer were all charged with treason and a host of other offenses.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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