- plural of standard.
standards
Example Sentences
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A core purpose for accounting standards is so investors have a common yardstick to compare companies across completely different industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
More than £2bn of Welsh government money was spent on social housing in the last Senedd, with rising prices and higher building standards pushing up costs.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Part of it has to do with the simultaneous leaps in quality, availability and marketing of certain shelf-stable standards: good tinned fish, squeeze-bottle olive oil, dried beans with their very own fan clubs.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
According to an AT&T spokesman, AP-A works “just like traditional phone service over our wireless network and meets the FCC’s standards for replacing traditional phone service.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hibernation would be too much sleeping, even by Duane’s standards.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
