standard

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WSJ followed the team working to make this tech the new standard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Researchers noted that these changes were likely due to natural fluctuations in the disease and ongoing standard treatments, such as medications.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Chesney said he plans to build on each practice, and his coaching staff will set a standard that trickles down to the players.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Beatrice McCosh, director of the awards, said the competition aimed to set the bar for "rock solid British standard marmalade, the type which has been eaten for centuries from Elizabeth I to James Bond".

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

There is a puzzle here, because the standard alternative to voluntarism is rationalism, and a rationalist would hold that the laws of nature, like the laws of mathematics, exist because they are necessary.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton