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 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
  • Rather than talking about moral and immoral or good and bad, try to individualize these decisions.
    Nicole Dieker Finley, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • And his influence can be seen in so many places, there’s no point in even enumerating it.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Royal Caribbean takes pains to differentiate those spaces from others on board.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Beyond This Point What differentiates man from machine?
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The medical journal also details how popular teas like green tea, ginger and rosehip can also fight inflammation and prevent oxidative damage.
    Eve Glover, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The film exec detailed what happened to local police who came to her hotel.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For example, e-commerce platforms use past purchase behavior to suggest relevant products, while SaaS companies customize dashboards based on user roles.
    Abdo Riani, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Collaborating with locals and governments alike, Kong uses AI to customize proactive tools that can improve public health and care access in communities like Shiy.
    Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Families of higher income, especially small business income, must itemize taxes and will lose income, bringing larger amounts into state coffers.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The standard deduction already simplified tax filing for millions—before 2017, 40% of Americans itemized; now only 9% do.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Destructive conflict, on the other hand, is characterized by negative emotions and personal attacks.
    Dileep Marway, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Legal observers and some industry groups, including the National Association of Broadcasters, have characterized Trump’s lawsuit as frivolous.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Kaling — who welcomed her third child, daughter Anne, last February — has not disclosed the identity of her kids' biological father.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The statement from Ritts' office says the felony charge in the indictment against the suspects will be disclosed once it is filed in Ontario County Court.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Particularize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particularize. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.

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