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as in to individualize
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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.
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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
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
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Rather than talking about moral and immoral or good and bad, try to individualize these decisions.—
Nicole Dieker Finley,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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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
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Musk, who heads Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, orchestrated a mass email to federal employees Saturday asking them to reply with approximately five bullet points enumerating their achievements last week.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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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
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Structure and Ownership: Estimations may differentiate between single-family offices (SFOs), which serve one family, and multi-family offices (MFOs), which serve multiple families.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Vatican officials differentiated this episode from the prolonged respiratory crisis on February 22.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Despite the clear evidence of character’s crucial role in judgment and well-being, as detailed in our 2023 book The Character Compass, skepticism persists, particularly in this unsettled environment.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Employees were also distressed by Acting Social Security Commissioner Lee Dudek's response to Elon Musk's demand that workers detail five recent work accomplishments.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Dining is fully customized to guests’ tastes, with menus curated using hyperlocal ingredients.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Further customize your outdoor room with DIY backyard accents such as artwork, pillows, planters, and other garden decor to give it your signature style.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As writer Ron Boone of Timonium also observed, seniors with no dependents who itemize deductions due to large medical expenses would be unable to use these deductions for tax purposes.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2025
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Some common deductions include student loan interest, which allows up to $2,500 in deductions annually, and charitable contributions, which are deductible when itemizing.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Security Modern SaaS applications follow a development process characterized by frequent releases as new features and iterations become available.—
Ben Verghese,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Another type of hyperpigmentation that kojic acid can help with is melasma—a stubborn and hard-to-treat skin condition characterized by splotchy, brown or grayish patches.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sherman also disclosed that the dispute partly arose over concerns that Catherine Wu, an adviser to his father, had been interfering with the affairs of City Developments’ subsidiary Millennium & Copthorne Hotels and that presented a very serious corporate governance issue.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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List of Settlements with Claim Deadline in March Fandango Fandango agreed to pay $9 million following claims that the company failed to disclose fees for movie tickets in New York.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Particularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particularize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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