Definition of standardizenext
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 In research settings—and increasingly in clinical care—physicians rely on structured frameworks designed to standardize how disease activity is measured. Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 13 Mar. 2026 Just over 50% of breast cancer patients in Kenya present with an advanced stage of the disease at diagnosis, according to the health ministry, which is working on standardizing early detection. ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026 Alongside the new sirens, the county is also standardizing emergency terminology to reduce confusion during evacuations. Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026 Since the 2006 Games in Turin, skiing classifications have become better standardized. Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for standardize
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  • There will be five protests organized inside the perimeter of I-285 in Atlanta on Saturday.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • An agent named Gaskell — powered by OpenClaw and Anthropic’s API — emailed me Monday about a tech networking event organized by a team of seven agents, overseen by three humans.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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  • Iran’s top joint military command spokesperson signaled that oil markets will remain volatile, warning prices won’t normalize until regional stability is secured under its military control, Reuters reported.
    Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This finding matches with prior research, carried out in lab mice and rats, which has found that long-term methylphenidate treatment in juvenile animals normalizes some abnormalities in dopamine-rich brain regions.
    David Cox, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
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  • The push to formalize has helped mathematicians uncover novel connections between different areas of math.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Espinosa said the agency proposed a rule to formalize how the requirement is applied.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
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  • Originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes by mimicking hormones that regulate blood sugar, the medication quickly became better known for its powerful impact on weight loss due to the way the same mimicking hormones affect appetite.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • As adoption of artificial intelligence in the US outpaces efforts to regulate it, organized labor is providing an important check on how the technology gets used, according to the head of the Hollywood actors’ union.
    Victor Swezey, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
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  • With a new legalization program that aims to regularize half a million migrants already living there, Spain is proving that immigration is a strategic investment, not a police matter.
    Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.
    Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • The score is bigger and easier to read, the bases and count are brighter and stand out more against a darker background, and the design more seamlessly integrates the pitch clock as well as information like the batter’s exit velocity.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
  • One of the strategies for combatting climate change in the Tomorrow Garden is agroforestry, which integrates the cultivation of trees and crops together.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 29 Mar. 2026
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  • Your 11th House of Groups welcomes the intuitive Moon, offering you multiple chances to reconnect with pals or coordinate plans that serve everyone.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Jerry Lewis was the executive director of the 1901 Community Implementation Committee, which helps coordinate project updates, community engagement and leadership connections associated with the 1901 Project, according to the committee’s website.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

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“Standardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardize. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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