How to Use standard in a Sentence

standard

1 of 2 noun

• This book is the standard by which all others must be judged.
• By modern standards, the house is just too small.
• That should be the statewide standard.
  — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• That was quick, even by their standards.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
• The standard is to always go through the process.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 3 June 2026
• Yet even some of his allies wouldn’t meet that standard.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
• So what's under the hood of these standards?
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• These are the same standards used across the sciences.
  — Carla Cox, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
• Priya shows how care without standards leaves teams adrift.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• At the same time, schools are required to teach state standards.
  — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
• Both use the language of high standards.
  — Annette Logan-Parker, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• There’s no clear standard for what counts as a low-histamine food.
  — Gagandeep Brar, Health, 11 June 2026
• Yeah, there’s a standard at UConn.
  — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
• And to do it all as a first, and the higher standard that comes with all that.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026
• Does your county meet caseload standards?
  — Tony Cook, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
• Joe … was known for his high standards and purity off the field.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
• So, there are just two standards of justice now in this country.
  — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
• But none of this would have passed censorship standards even a decade ago.
  — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
• Let’s hope the standard improves.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
• Streamers are held to a higher standard by fans.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026
• Leaders do not need to choose between warmth and standards.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• This team has talked a lot about raising its standard over the last few seasons.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• The playmaking, by his own standard, is still a work in progress.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
• But that’s the clearest sign the standard is higher now.
  — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• Are high standards blocking you from getting the word out?
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
• China’s food safety standards are still a work in progress.
  — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
• By today’s standards, his life was cut short by cancer.
  — Dan Amos, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
• Looks to be one of those ‘keep standards high in training’ signings.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• By that standard, many of today’s systems fall short.
  — Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
• Decent by most standards, but well below his.
  — Sam Blum, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025

standard

2 of 2 adjective

• The word is considered standard.
• The movie was a pretty standard romantic comedy.
• These come in standard and high loft.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
• That was like the standard thing.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
• What is the standard gold bar weight?
  — Jessica Walrack, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
• The team didn’t just use a standard wire screen.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
• Yes, but this isn’t your standard cheese toast.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2025
• So far, so standard, but there’s a twist.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
• There's no way to buy standard tickets for the event.
  — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• These should be a standard part of your check-in, anyway.
  — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
• The standard sale length over the last couple of years has been two days.
  — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 8 May 2026
• For others, the standard medicines just don’t work well.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
• This includes beer, wine and standard mixed drinks.
  — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• No ejection for a standard fight.
  — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
• The shorts come in standard sizes as well as plus sizes up to size 39.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• The feature will not come standard.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
• These aren't cakes made of lambs, nor standard sweet cakes iced with pictures of lambs.
  — Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
• That's using a standard pour of 5 ounces.
  — Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
• The shoes also come packaged with two standard sets of boot laces.
  — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 8 Nov. 2025
• That standard works when your uncle cuts you a birthday check.
  — Pamala Wiepking, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
• Make 2+ picks for a standard entry.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
• In general, your standard shoe size and skate size will not be the same.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
• This was pretty standard fare, as far as ice-breakers go.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
• The study measured light in lux, a standard unit of brightness.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 June 2026
• Each comes with tradeoffs and are not the standard meaning of yield.
  — Alexander S. Blume, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
• These cuts would be part of the standard reduction-in-force plans.
  — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
• As far as tackle goes, floating lines are standard.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
• That should be the standard response by any team that has two-plus-hour delays.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
• Plus there's the fact that trike scoots are already far safer than standard scooters.
  — New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2026
• If your store doesn’t carry them, halve standard chicken breasts.
  — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026