individualized 1 of 2

adjective

as in personalized
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person an individualized plan of study for the gifted student in the class

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verb

past tense of individualize
as in customized

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Recent Examples of individualized
Adjective
Students with individualized education plans who need a personal device. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The Federal Trade Commission has proposed an enforcement policy warning businesses that failing to disclose their use of personal data to set individualized prices could violate consumer protection law. — Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 The linings are also individualized and each men’s pair comes with a matching bandana. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 With a single teacher tasked with meeting the needs of an entire classroom, providing individualized attention can be challenging. — Corynn Winston, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 In general, the decision to start a GLP-1 should be part of an individualized plan that is made with a healthcare professional. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Women with a history of estrogen-dependent breast cancer require more individualized guidance. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 13 Oct. 2026 But already by her senior year of high school, with an individualized education program in special education classes, Kari struggled as her autism spectrum disorder presented new obstacles in her life, Katie said. — Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026 Along with the extended calendar, Crowley ISD increased instructional time, compensated high-performing teachers and provided more individualized support for students. — Lina Ruiz october 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualized
  1. personalized
  2. customized
  3. personal
  4. differentiated
  5. subjective
Adjective
  • Now, the high school reunion lives in the device in our hands, capable of giving anyone quantitative signals from a vast reference group at any moment on our personalized scoreboards of social approval.
    — Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The company's Atera platform is helping produce data sets to train AI models, a process that helps accelerate personalized therapies.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of personalized
Verb
  • To meet those requirements, the company customized its L760-50 luffing-jib tower crane, which has a maximum lifting capacity of 50 metric tons (55 US tons) and a maximum jib length of 60 meters (197 feet).
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The double-press-and-hold control is the only one that can’t be customized here, and it’s locked to disabling/enabling the dial itself.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of customized
Adjective
  • Hemsworth’s work has always spanned genres—just look at his omnivorous DJ sets—but Numbskull positions him as a more traditional songwriter, underscored by the album’s personal, earnest tone.
    — Mehan Jayasuriya, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The magnitude of the devastation is made personal for all of us.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of personal
Verb
  • Novo, however, maintains CagriSema is effective and differentiated enough from its other drugs to draw significant demand.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The devices successfully differentiated all 16 possible combinations.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of differentiated
Adjective
  • But their subjective descriptions were a little more informative.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Kant argued that aesthetic judgments are both subjective and presumptively universal.
    — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of subjective

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“Individualized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualized. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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