How to Use standard-issue in a Sentence
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Most people would have seen a standard-issue still life of fruit.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2023
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Had that been all, the look would have been fairly standard-issue oversize, slouchy fare of the moment.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
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No stereotypes here; no standard-issue good guys and bad guys.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
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The union can now move on During the strike, the UAW fell into their standard-issue spiel of corporate greed and non-living wages.
—Adam Hanft, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
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The show premiered at Cannes last month to a standard-issue five-minute standing ovation and mixed reviews.
—Vulture, 11 June 2023
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So, the standard-issue duck call is designed to imitate the sounds of a Suzie, which is the universal nickname for a hen mallard.
—Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
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Begin at this restaurant, with its small, bright room and standard-issue gas pizza oven.
—Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023
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The result was the Armed Services Editions. which were designed to fit in either the breast or pants pocket of a standard-issue uniform.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
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Some of the elements of this bio-musical — 20 songs strong — are the standard-issue steppingstones of an overworked genre.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
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Left to his own devices, Mr. Beshear, 45, has the predilections of a standard-issue American left-wing progressive.
—Faith Bottum, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
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Who decided that toasters and microwaves and even spatulas had to be standard-issue and drab?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
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Slung on his chest, crumpling his standard-issue Washington suit, is a young gentleman named Hodge, his infant son.
—Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
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Cases The Steam Deck includes a carrying case, which is pretty sweet to get as a standard-issue accessory.
—WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
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His dress — gray suit and a purple polo shirt with matching Nike sneakers — is a mash-up of tech bro and standard-issue government executive.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
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Megan Thee Stallion transformed the standard-issue baseball uniform into a body-hugging sportswear look this week.
—André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2023
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The standard-issue kicks are available in four colorways—white, black, slime green, and crimson—but Certified Lover Boy’s own sneakers have a distinctive hue.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2023
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Most people are familiar with the standard-issue folding Ping-Pong table made from particle board that is native to basement rec rooms.
—Stephen Treffinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
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The landmark decision was offhandedly announced in a standard-issue press release.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
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In the past, track lighting was exclusively standard-issue spotlights devoid of warmth or personality, but new track lighting doesn’t have that same austere, cold feel.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
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In the early 2000s, public rivalries between female pop stars were standard-issue marketing and media fodder.
—Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
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For a stylish alternative to a standard-issue heated jacket, consider this unisex option from Dewbu.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2023
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Microsoft started selling its first computer mice in 1983, a year or two before the Macintosh and other computers made pointing devices standard-issue and two years before the first version of Windows was released.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2023
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With its corporate machinations, creepy secrets, and low-ranking Everywoman protagonist, the novel seems, at first, like a standard-issue techno-thriller.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
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The impulse behind the film — to re-write this remarkable woman back into the French and Caribbean cultural histories that have long neglected her in favor of her famous politician husband, Aimé Césaire — is standard-issue biopic fuel.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
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For many police officers in America today, body cameras are standard-issue equipment that they are supposed to turn on during most law enforcement activities.
—Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2023
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Unfortunately, writers Jason Hall and Zach Baylin reduce an interesting real-life story that needed few embellishments to a series of standard-issue biopic and sports movie tropes.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
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Suzume, who at first seems like just another standard-issue anime ingenue, grows and becomes more interesting throughout — as does Souta, who is amazingly expressive for a chair, thanks to crack object-animation skills and smart screenwriting.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
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The parody in the film combines standard-issue macho violence and intentionally cheap sentiment.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
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The military would eventually include her solar desalination device in its official standard-issue emergency medical kits.
—Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
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