as in to organize
to make agree with a single established standard or model
the plan is to standardize the test for reading comprehension so that we can see how students across the state compare
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Recent Examples of standardize
Designs were standardized within fleets but with enough variance from each other to keep the enemy stymied and not cause associations of a certain pattern with a certain type or class of ship.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
The promotional process will be standardized, consistent and based on blind applicant screening to eliminate favoritism.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 4 May 2026
The Beyer Speed Figure, which was invented by Washington Post columnist Andrew Beyer five decades ago, standardizes results across tracks and distances, usually resulting in scores from 100 to 110 for the very fastest horses.
—Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The free movement of labor between European countries also allows for companies to establish multiple international branches and standardize licensing requirements, Mindy Marks, an economist at Northeastern University, told the university’s Northeastern Global News in March.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
The promotional process will be standardized, consistent and based on blind applicant screening to eliminate favoritism.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 4 May 2026
The Beyer Speed Figure, which was invented by Washington Post columnist Andrew Beyer five decades ago, standardizes results across tracks and distances, usually resulting in scores from 100 to 110 for the very fastest horses.
—Peter Keating, New York Times, 1 May 2026
The free movement of labor between European countries also allows for companies to establish multiple international branches and standardize licensing requirements, Mindy Marks, an economist at Northeastern University, told the university’s Northeastern Global News in March.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardize
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Her team quickly put together a plan to help coördinate repairs, secure new electrical generators, implement a triage system, and organize trainings for staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Certain lower-risk administrative technologies are expressly excluded, including spreadsheets requiring human analysis, workflow management and routing tools, and systems that simply organize or summarize information without generating predictions or inferences.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Israeli leaders have made occasional visits to the UAE in recent years after normalizing relations.—
Natalie Melzer,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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President Biden never came, becoming the first to not do so since diplomatic ties were normalized, an absence that underscored simmering distrust and animosity between Washington and Beijing that has only worsened since.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The union is reportedly demanding that Samsung allocate 15% of its operating profit to workers as performance bonuses, scrap caps on bonus payouts, and formalize the bonus structure.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Woodford himself was quite explicit that his intervention was intended merely to formalize the existing consensus— to backfill a consistent theory behind an inchoate set of practices that had evolved through trial and error.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Earlier this year the company released a REST API that lets regulated financial platforms bolt blockchain wallet functionality onto their existing products.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Indeed, sodium is one of the body’s key electrolytes – a group of minerals that help regulate fluid balance and other important functions.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Madrid has, however, gone further by moving to regularize nearly half a million undocumented migrants and by courting many more foreigners, a push that its socialist prime minister has argued is helping drive an economic boom.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Concerns about artificial intelligence replacing human workers have simmered over the past year as companies slash headcounts, AI models grow more capable of office work and businesses integrate AI more deeply into their operations.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Their designs integrate modesty as a core aesthetic principle rather than a constraint, resulting in garments that feel intentional and elegant.—
FMG Studios,
Footwear News,
10 May 2026
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Pair it with a coordinating jacket, classic slingback flats, and pearl jewelry to elevate it even more.—
Kelsey Stiegman,
Glamour,
14 May 2026
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According to the fire department, Rasmussen has served as an instructor in its training division since 2016, and in 2023 was promoted to lead instructor for multicompany training, coordinating monthly training efforts.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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“Standardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardize. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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