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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Made by a tailor; custom-made.
  2. adj. Simple, trim, or severe in line or design: a neat, tailored dress; tailored curtains.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
  2. adj. Made by a tailor.
  3. v. Simple past tense and past participle of tailor.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. (of clothing) custom-made
  2. adj. severely simple in line or design

Examples

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

    The Wall Street Journal: 'The Biomedical Century'

  • “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.”

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  • “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

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

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

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  • “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.”

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  • “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.”

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  • “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

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

    CNN Transcript Dec 29, 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

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