Etymology
Origin of tailoring
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It is “guilt-by-association,” and the group argues that the blanket ban lacks tailoring for specific safety concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Yet tailoring is also one of fashion’s great luxuries — an intimate, almost obsessive process of shaping cloth around the body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rather than modernizing the home through an extensive renovation, however, the couple chose to preserve its midcentury character while tailoring other elements of the dwelling to their lifestyle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
These agencies can "commission" specific programmes, tailoring them to suit the demands of students they are recruiting.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Farmer started treating patients in August 1996, transporting Zanmi Lasante’s TB program to Carabayllo, and tailoring it to MDR and other local circumstances.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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