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
Until those bodies helped standardize commerce, countries frequently used trade to extract concessions from one another.
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Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2025
This comprehensive report recommended improvements including standardizing valuation methodologies, improving data sharing between the assessor and the Board of Review, and enhancing overall assessment accuracy and uniformity.
—George Cardenas, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Mitigate this by standardizing APIs, using middleware and ensuring cloud services are compatible with legacy systems.
—Bhupendra Singh, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Members of a German solar industry association spent years advocating for the technology and worked with VDE to carve a path toward standardizing balcony solar systems.
—Akielly Hu, Wired News, 3 May 2025
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Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2025
This comprehensive report recommended improvements including standardizing valuation methodologies, improving data sharing between the assessor and the Board of Review, and enhancing overall assessment accuracy and uniformity.
—George Cardenas, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
Mitigate this by standardizing APIs, using middleware and ensuring cloud services are compatible with legacy systems.
—Bhupendra Singh, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Members of a German solar industry association spent years advocating for the technology and worked with VDE to carve a path toward standardizing balcony solar systems.
—Akielly Hu, Wired News, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardize
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The trophy parade was organized on a nationwide bank holiday, the day after Liverpool lifted the Premier League trophy following the competition’s final round of matches on Sunday.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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The harvest was organized as a collaborative effort, with volunteers picking, sorting and packing the fruit, which was then distributed to clients of West Valley Community Services who are dealing with food insecurity.—
Vidula Aiyer,
Mercury News,
25 May 2025
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Innovative leaders normalize feedback, encourage honest dialogue, and reward risk-taking.—
Jason Walker PsyD,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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While the talks are still in the early stages, Trump’s engagement has raised the possibility of Syria’s leadership eventually normalizing ties with Israel, although this process will likely take time.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
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Organized and formalized and with enough coverage, DER becomes a VPP.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The agreement attempted to formalize this exchange through the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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Despite the encroachment of people in their natural habitats, alligators remain an important predator regulating ecosystem populations in the nation’s wetlands.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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That ruling was compromised somewhat by a later decision that allowed a farmer’s consumption of his own wheat to be regulated, and a lamentable 6-3 decision allowing federal regulation of marijuana possession.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 2025
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The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The presence of Tren the Aragua in the United States is one of the central arguments in the Trump administration’s efforts to deport hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who have not yet been able to regularize their immigration status in the country.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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The New Reality of AI in the Workplace Today, many AI tools are integrated straight into almost every SaaS application.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The resort’s longevity program integrates the Mylife Changer method and anti-inflammatory metabolic program that targets detoxifying and cell-regeneration treatments, biohacking and movement.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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These professionals manage risk, work to tight deadlines, instruct and assess others, and coordinate across teams in high-pressure environments.—
Nicholas Wyman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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From Celestial Blue to Butter Yellow, with 13 unique color choices, coordinating or matching the color and style of a bedroom is easy with the variation in color palette.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
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“Standardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardize. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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