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standardize

[stan-der-dahyz] / ˈstæn dərˌdaɪz /


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Companionship services are fragmented, hard to standardize, and vulnerable to safety concerns.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

As payments become commoditized and custody solutions standardize, margins will compress.

From MarketWatch Jan. 16, 2026

With AI highlighting nuances between role titles and the actual skills necessary and tasks performed, companies can then begin to standardize roles to help support business operations and career trajectories.

From MarketWatch Jan. 13, 2026

Liens are recorded in state Uniform Commercial Code databases across the country, with the public filings intended to standardize interstate transactions and alert creditors about business debts and financial obligations.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 6, 2026

When we were in tenth grade, he orchestrated a plan to standardize our entire class—make every tenth-grader exactly the same.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

The revised directive “simply standardizes the required forms.”

From Salon Mar. 24, 2026

It standardizes production where possible, which lowers lead times and manufacturing costs, and its boats are smaller and cheaper to run.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

The C.D.C. now has a similar process: The agency collects data from hospitals, counties and states, and then it standardizes and reports the data to the public.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

The resolution, she said, standardizes the exemption and will help speed efforts by humanitarian workers to provide aid to people.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2022

The complaint against the church today is reducible to this: that she standardizes her ideals and her policies in accordance with the prosperous and well-to-do.

From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Warren H. (Warren Hugh) Wilson

Under that standardized process, all pied-à-terre properties will be subject to the same $5 million value threshold and tax rates.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

A standardized system of weights and measures used throughout the region may have supported fairer trade as well.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

One provision would’ve required private schools accepting public money to give a common standardized test and report results to the county superintendent, allowing more insight into the schools’ educational quality.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

Statewide scores of the Smarter Balanced standardized test have not yet been released.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Radio and television speech becomes standardized, perhaps better English than we have ever used.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Many in the industry have touted federal intervention as a way to “save” college sports by standardizing how recruitment and payment of athletes work.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

"That means sugar yields fluctuate... and that means alcohol output changes. So standardizing production becomes difficult. Mexico solved this over decades through selective breeding. India hasn't yet," he says.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

“The goal now is to minimize risk by standardizing, sequencing, and simplifying,” Isaac said.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

"Reinstating and standardizing telehealth lactation services for breastfeeding mothers, particularly through WIC, would enhance breastfeeding success, reduce stress, and better address the unique challenges faced by low-income and diverse populations."

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

Occupations on farm: old time industries, 91-95; wage-earning pursuits, 68, 189; standardizing woman's labor, 188; chickens, 41, 43; household industries, 91-95; teaching, 66, 68; nursing and other occupations, 348.

From The American Country Girl by Martha Foote Crow




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