as in to adjust
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
the stand-up comic refused to tailor his routine for network television
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Recent Examples of tailor
Aaron J. Masino, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Designed for busy professionals and curious learners alike, Babbel uses speech-recognition technology and adaptive lessons to tailor your learning experience.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Still, researchers are working on identifying biomarkers in gut bacteria that someday could help tailor decisions on how to use existing therapies — or develop new treatments.
—Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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These advances would lead to the emergence of precision medicine, which uses patient-specific information to tailor health care decisions to each person.
—Aaron J. Masino, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Designed for busy professionals and curious learners alike, Babbel uses speech-recognition technology and adaptive lessons to tailor your learning experience.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
The Count’s powers of disguise would make Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt blush with envy; his tight, severe outfits and black robes would prompt Batman to beg for the name of his tailor.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Still, researchers are working on identifying biomarkers in gut bacteria that someday could help tailor decisions on how to use existing therapies — or develop new treatments.
—Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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By understanding where delays usually occurred, the AI agent recommended things like: adjusting timelines and redistributing tasks more effectively.Alex Circei, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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With meteorologists predicting up to 2 inches of snow in the Charlotte area, plus threats of sleet, ice and freezing rain on Friday and Saturday, some restaurants, entertainment venues and other small businesses are closing, adjusting hours and postponing or canceling events.CharlotteFive staff, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that there are at least 23,000 to 75,000 sanitary sewer overflows in U.S. every year.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Issuing $60 million in bonds for water and sewer projects.Alex Golden, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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Many small business owners have been able to adapt as well, when their bank can show flexibility.Elliot Raphaelson, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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It’s done so because as the sport has changed, programs such as Ohio State and Oregon have done the best job adjusting to those changes, while programs like Alabama and Georgia have tried to adapt versions of their old model for success into the new world of college football.David Ubben, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Notice which calendar items don’t suit the ambition of the current version of you.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, the furniture style suits biophilic design—which connects the outdoors with home interiors—with its organic shape that nods to nature.Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2025
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The difference, while unnoticeable to the untrained eye, was a detail the seamster wanted to get right.Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2021
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Gilbert Baker is the seamster responsible for creating the most enduring symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement: the rainbow flag.Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News, 3 June 2019
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Djokovic is no stranger to a kind draw, and his first couple of matches conform to that pattern.Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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For example, a partner feeling pressured to conform to rigid roles (such as being the sole provider or primary caretaker) might experience frustration or resentment that spills over into the relationship.Mark Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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For four centuries the Gobelins Manufactory has made tapestries here, and today the government still pays dozens of weavers to carry on by hand.airmail.news, airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
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The Institut pour les Savoir-Faire Français, formerly known as the Institut National des Métiers d’Art, set out to quantify the value of manual activities via a broad survey of skilled artisans such as woodworkers, stone cutters, leather goods-makers, weavers, glassblowers and more.Joelle Diderich, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
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And so parents, many of whom cherish their children and want to show them love and affection, are forced to put them in nursing homes, sometimes hundreds of miles distant.Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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This process essentially discharges the battery without allowing the electrons to be put to use.Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Tailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailor. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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