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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Made by a tailor; custom-made.
  • adjective Simple, trim, or severe in line or design.

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  • adjective Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
  • adjective Made by a tailor.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of tailor.

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  • adjective (of clothing) custom-made
  • adjective severely simple in line or design

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Examples

  • The FDA, he says, ought to be better prepared for what he calls "tailored" therapies.

    'The Biomedical Century' Joseph Rago 2011

  • Of course, the rest of the nation — or, perhaps, most of it — was laughing at the Cowboys, hoping they'd plunge to 0-16 and owner Jerry Jones wound be found, like Dickens's Miss Havisham, wandering his $1.1 billion stadium barefoot in tailored Neiman Marcus pajamas, muttering gibberish about Tex Schramm and the NFL's collective bargaining agreement.

    In Dallas, Stars Are Again Aligned Jason Gay 2010

  • For example, the researchers said specially coated magnetic particles designed to attract particular viruses or bacteria might be used in tailored combinations to simultaneously test for multiple infectious pathogens in a blood or water sample.

    New Technology Detects Multiple Pathogens | Impact Lab 2007

  • He was known for his insouciance, hopping out of limousines in tailored, three-piece suits to attend hearings and his trial.

    Cult sex offender seeks to be paroled 2003

  • Peter travelled as a guest of Railbookers, the specialist in short, tailored breaks by Eurostar and train.

    WalesOnline - Home 2010

  • Although I am unsure of the popularity of womanism, since I have never heard of it referred to before, I can only imagine that such a word tailored to the unique fabric of Black women's lives was welcomed with much sound consensus on behalf of the Black Feminist Movement.

    Serendip's Exchange - 2008

  • At a different, smarter bank, workshop planners collaborated with senior managers on a highly specific and therefore highly valuable definition tailored to meet immediate needs.

    Seven Steps To Better Brainstorming 2011

  • SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT (on camera): A senior administration official tells us that the White House has come up with a new policy in dealing with an increasingly defiant North Korea; it's called tailored containment.

    CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2002 2002

  • MALVEAUX: Now, the U.S. policy towards North Korea is called tailored containment.

    CNN Transcript Dec 29, 2002 2002

  • The U-M study took a different approach, called tailored treatment, which uses a person's risk factors and mathematical models to calculate the expected benefit of treatment, by considering:

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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