regularize
Americanverb (used with object)
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regularizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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regularized,
past participle, past
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regularizing
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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regularizesimple
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regularizessimple
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have regularizedperfect
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has regularizedperfect
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am regularizingprogressive
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are regularizingprogressive
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is regularizingprogressive
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have been regularizingperfect progressive
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has been regularizingperfect progressive
Past
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regularizedsimple
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had regularizedperfect
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was regularizingprogressive
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were regularizingprogressive
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had been regularizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of regularize
Example Sentences
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Now, they help people navigate Mexican bureaucracy to regularize their status.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Among other things, it would create a legal pathway for immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens to regularize their status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
In correspondence with the Oakland Institute, the World Bank says it is not funding efforts by Tanzanian authorities to regularize park boundaries.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Marriage helps to regularize a couple's civil status and provides them with legal benefits.
From Reuters ● Jun. 24, 2023
Minor changes have been made to regularize punctuation and to correct typesetters’ errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the author’s words and intent.
From Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians by Louis Nohl
The agreement regularizes the status of seven bishops who had been appointed by Beijing over the years without papal consent, and sets out a process of dialogue going forward to name new ones.
From Fox News ● Sep. 26, 2018
Once she regularizes her documents, the authorities might let her back in, but if she was in a condition in which she needed frequent attention, it might be better if she were near you.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
Under the guise of regulating the shuttles, the program regularizes the status quo – allowing the private buses to continue using the approximately 200 bus stops it already uses for a nominal fee.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2014
Once the player regularizes his status in Europe and gains experience, it is easier for him to move from one team to another.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2010
Thus analogy not only regularizes irregularities that have come in the wake of phonetic processes but introduces disturbances, generally in favor of greater simplicity or regularity, in a long established system of forms.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
The State Department urged China to "engage in meaningful arms control discussions and commit to a regularized notification arrangement for all intercontinental-range ballistic missile and space launches."
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
“After some more experience… then it could be more regularized or regulated,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
When Xi took office in 2012, the smooth transfer of power was seen as a sign that China’s political system had evolved from personal rule toward a system of regularized leadership transitions.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2022
The humanitarian visas would have temporarily regularized the migrants' legal status in Mexico while granting them access to public services like healthcare, as well as the ability to work.
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2021
In England, she claims, plain facts replaced strange facts much earlier than in France; in other words, facts became regularized and routinized.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Massa said that the agency would from Thursday begin regularizing programs and coordinating with various provinces and industrial sector, adding Argentina already counted on demand for projects linked to the agro-industrial sector.
From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023
Migrants have repeatedly expressed skepticism about receiving documentation regularizing them in Mexico, and organizers say another caravan is already about to depart from Tapachula, a major migrant massing point close to the border with Guatemala.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2021
Now, under pressure from advocacy groups and some lawmakers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering ways to recognize their contributions, including regularizing their legal status.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2020
At the very least you need to increase this woman’s pay to the legal minimum and also talk to her about regularizing her employment.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2014
Much of poetry, gnomic and narrative, probably grew out of speech by regularizing its natural rhythm, independent of music.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Dewitt H. Parker
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