Definition of "tailored" []

• Made by a tailor; custom-made. (adjective)
• Simple, trim, or severe in line or design: a neat, tailored dress; tailored curtains. (adjective)

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