standard
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Patients who received finerenone in addition to standard treatment experienced a significantly slower decline in kidney function compared with those receiving standard care alone.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
It means the energy price cap, which fixes the maximum amount customers on a standard variable tariff can be charged, will rise from 1 July.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The chief of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, Guliz Ozturk, noted wryly that it was standard practice for carriers to predict various scenarios at the beginning of the year, only to see something entirely different happen.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The hope is that these more highly trained providers will be able to offer patients a full range of pain-relief options and that paracervical blocks will become the standard of care for IUD procedures.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026
However, a standard argument against Boyle’s experiments with his air pump was that the pump leaked, and that therefore it was incapable of making a vacuum.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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