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 Already, companies like Meta Platforms Inc., Google, OpenAI and Anthropic, regularly release safety guidelines for their models; SB 53 aims to codify and standardize these procedures. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 July 2025 Depending on where the ship is sailing, there may also be limits on the number of guests who can go ashore at a time, somewhat standardizing those aspects of the cruises. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 11 July 2025 The terminology used under ICS is standardized, helping ensure that all agencies involved are aligned in their actions and goals. ABC News, 7 July 2025 New communication protocols like MCP and A2A are emerging to standardize these interactions. Marco Argenti, Fortune, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for standardize
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  • The event, organized by the Detroit Chinatown Vision Committee, aims to revitalize the area and attract Asian businesses.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 26 July 2025
  • The Annenberg Foundation helped organize the concert but claims only an advisory role in how the money is spent.
    William La Jeunesse, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
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  • Powerful oil industry advocates and conservative figures have been pushing to normalize relations with Venezuela, including activist Laura Loomer, who has publicly championed lifting sanctions on Venezuela’s energy sector.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
  • Later that day, SZA circled back to emphasize her warning about the dangers of prolonged and normalized everyday use of AI.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
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  • The 2019 Business Roundtable statement abandoning shareholder primacy for stakeholder capitalism formalized what successful executives had already recognized: The days when charismatic founders could mandate cultural transformation through executive decree had ended.
    Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
  • The City Council’s approval of the measure would simply formalize that cooperation.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2025
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  • These entities have proliferated ever since the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, which effectively struck down longtime campaign finance regulations that sought to limit and regulate spending on political campaigns.
    M.L. Elrick, Freep.com, 21 July 2025
  • Some people may become less empathetic, while others may have a hard time regulating their emotions.
    Janelle McSwiggin, Health, 20 July 2025
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  • This is always for three nights running, and the idea is to build up a enough sleep pressure to regularize yourself.
    Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • The United States refused to join new cooperative arrangements on nuclear testing, arms control, prosecuting war crimes, and regularizing trade in the Asia-Pacific, fearing that such commitments would limit its freedom of maneuver.
    Ivo Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
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  • Google Photos, which is integrated with virtually every Android phone on the market, is also getting AI video-generation capabilities.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
  • After decades when Ukraine was seen as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, cleaning up its government has been held up as the most important condition for Kyiv to join the European Union and integrate more broadly with the West.
    Olena Harmash, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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  • The Waymo executive explained that, on top of the years of training in the city, the company needed to coordinate with city officials to ensure the best outcomes.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • Trump has marshalled together state and federal law enforcement agencies to coordinate their efforts and ramp up arrests.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025

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“Standardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardize. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.

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