particularize

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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. 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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for particularize
Verb
  • For example, your well-being and fitness programs can engage employees in team, company and global challenges and individualize the experience for each employee, regardless of location.
    Alex Shubat, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • However, the protocols remain fluid as Trump’s team tries to sort how to individualize a rate for each nation, the Journal reported, adding that developing reciprocal tariffs unique to each country could take six months or more.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The actors targeted real-time streaming protocol servers hosting the cameras in a large-scale campaign, which included attempts to enumerate devices and gain access to the cameras’ feeds.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 May 2025
  • Presumably, when the Great Canadian campaign begins, there will be no shortage of soldiers to fight it, or of apologists ready to enumerate the horrors of Canadian life that must be erased, poutine aside.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Democrats on stage, though largely agreeing about policy, sought to differentiate themselves.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
  • Other innovations include behavioral biometrics, which measure unique user behavior, such as typing patterns and mouse movements, and liveness detection tools that differentiate between real people and deepfakes.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Allison’s lawsuit also detailed that Tyler Vision attempted to establish its own She the People trademark in September; however, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reportedly denied it in April.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 4 June 2025
  • The book reportedly details the three weeks leading up to Biden's decision to step back from a second term and tensions within the Democratic Party.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Enterprises must invest in dynamic training programs and customize models continuously to align with shifting goals.
    Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Timmy stayed loyal to Chrome Hearts and customizing Knicks merch, more recently wearing the cross-studded varsity jacket which was also embroidered with the number 33, paying tribute to legendary Knicks player Patrick Ewing.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Taxpayers who do not itemize their deductions will be allowed to write off a small amount of charitable contributions.
    Mike Sylvester, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • Under the 2017 Trump tax law, SALT deductions were capped at $10,000 for filers who itemize deductions.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • The outline of the initial report — a contract extension for Crow-Armstrong potentially worth around $75 million — has been characterized as inaccurate.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Scott, a former two-term governor of the Sunshine State and no stranger to working with the agency while battling major hurricanes, characterized FEMA as rife with fraud that does little more than write checks for post-disaster cleanup.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • The lipstick was used to draw on the side of the Tesla Cybertruck, but what was drawn and the shade of lipstick were not disclosed in the news release.
    Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2025
  • Those surprises can include the limited exemption amount, common misconceptions about asset types, the requirement to disclose the value of worldwide assets on their estate tax return, and other pitfalls that can complicate estate planning.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025

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“Particularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particularize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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