REGULARIZE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

regularize

verb

ˈre-gyə-lə-ˌrīz

Definition of regularize

as in to standardize

to make agree with a single established standard or model the garment industry agreed to regularize women's clothing sizes so one company's size six wasn't another company's size ten

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Recent Examples of regularize Madrid has, however, gone further by moving to regularize nearly half a million undocumented migrants and by courting many more foreigners, a push that its socialist prime minister has argued is helping drive an economic boom. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026 Manifolds regularize the training landscape, reducing collapse events and supporting faster, more predictable convergence as models scale. — David William Silva, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 With a new legalization program that aims to regularize half a million migrants already living there, Spain is proving that immigration is a strategic investment, not a police matter. — Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026 Advertisement The trauma and alienation experienced by those who endured military occupation at our nation’s founding suggests the peril of regularizing military rule in American cities today. — Time, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for regularize

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standardize

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Leaders must prioritize building cognitive and identity infrastructure, focusing on *how* people think and their self-authorship, ensuring AI enhances human judgment rather than standardizing it.

— Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Implement a digital visual-management platform across six facilities to standardize workflows and improve infection prevention, care coordination, workforce effectiveness, quality, and patient safety.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026

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