regularize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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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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
Along with a more expansive group of retail and payments partners, Google announced its Agent Payments Protocol, an open standard that the company hopes will accelerate and regularize AI shopping across retail sites.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Late last year, the government began a countrywide reconciliation drive meant to regularize the status of Assad-linked personnel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2025
The rest are eventually released with a self-expulsion order, unable to work or regularize their situation.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
If it does not exist, then my argument for the organization of society along lines that recognize and regularize diversity of social status and functions, falls to the ground.
From Towards the Great Peace by Cram, Ralph Adams
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
It regularizes the thought, fixes with a stitch the passing moment and what it carries with it.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by Ives, George Burnham
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
The new Brazilian constitutional monarchy simply regularized the status quo.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
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
“They are practically holding us prisoners; they do not allow us to leave this state because we are not regularized here,” said Venezuelan migrant Noreydi Chávez.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
At last Kepler’s position had been regularized, although Tycho continued to dole out his wealth of data in penny packets, as and when he thought Kepler needed it, rather than giving him free access.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Many infertile women took birth control pills in hopes of regularizing their monthly cycles to facilitate a pregnancy.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
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
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
"The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is terminating the process that was started during the conversation in Guatemala, which was aimed at regularizing our diplomatic relations," the ministry said late on Friday in a statement.
From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2013
"Well," the Ambassador told himself, "the regularizing principle has been doing pretty well, keeping it all down, smoothing out the inconsistencies—"
From Diplomatic Immunity by Sheckley, Robert
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