personalizing

present participle of personalize
as in embodying
to represent in visible form in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence

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Recent Examples of personalizing In the guest rooms, high-tech control panels make personalizing the ambient preferences an easy matter, and there are also wireless phone chargers and grooming accessories such as clothes brushes in the closets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Jay Caspian Kang argues that personalizing the problem of an unequal school system is the wrong approach. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 Physical mail is harder to overlook, but personalizing every proposal has traditionally taken too much time. — Nick Cherkassky, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 High ethical stakes aside, the incredible potential for advancing stem cell research could open doors to regrowing brain tissue, personalizing therapies, and diagnosing neurological conditions long before symptoms emerge. — Mike McRae 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026 Ahn said cars and fashion have both become part of the wider extension of people’s overall identity — living, personalizing and aging with them, alongside connecting people to a time and culture. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 Embroidery From personalizing pillows, curtains, and other linens around your home to making your own decor pieces, embroidery is a fun, intricate hobby worth trying. — Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2026 And while the desire to get offline is growing, personalizing tech is also trending. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026 If businesses cannot tell which practices are covered, the safe response is to stop personalizing altogether, and the first thing to disappear will be the discounts, not the surcharges. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Pattinson throws his whole being into embodying the ringmaster rapidly losing control of his circus.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • However, after embodying fussy dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock for Phantom Thread in 2017, Day-Lewis was once again claiming to be done with show business.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026
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  • With artificial intelligence permeating nearly every aspect of life, therapists are seeing more people expressing anxiety about the technology.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 6 Oct. 2026
  • When Slowing Things Down Actually Speeds Things Up Developing and expressing transformational care takes time.
    — Michael Corvini, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • Advertisement Perhaps more importantly, the bloc is incorporating climate into the core of its economic planning.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The score, composed by Damon Albarn, has a rough, analog feel to it, incorporating instruments like an Indonesian angklung.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Personalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personalizing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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