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Recent Examples of standards
Rather than impose standards on the squad from above, both counted on senior players to set an example.
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
The Assemblies of God enforces a national credentialing system for ministers, giving the General Council power to discipline, restore or expel those who fail to meet its theological and moral standards.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The culprit here is a sequence where a deranged surgeon (Pierre Brasseur) attempts to graft a new face onto his daughter’s disfigured one, a scene that — while mild by today’s standards — horrified audiences in 1960.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
But so far this year, his targets, catch percentage and overall production are all below his usual standards.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Add a breast cancer diagnosis—with its potential surgeries, scars and treatment side effects—and the pressure to conform to outdated beauty standards can feel disheartening.
—Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2025
By global standards, South Korea’s semiconductor leaders are still undervalued.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
However, part-time military members lack access to fitness resources even though they're held to the same standards as their active duty peers.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In 2020, the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA), the industry’s leading trade group, worked with the International Organization for Standardization to publish early parameters for man overboard systems — though they have not been implemented as industry standards.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
The Assemblies of God enforces a national credentialing system for ministers, giving the General Council power to discipline, restore or expel those who fail to meet its theological and moral standards.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The culprit here is a sequence where a deranged surgeon (Pierre Brasseur) attempts to graft a new face onto his daughter’s disfigured one, a scene that — while mild by today’s standards — horrified audiences in 1960.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
But so far this year, his targets, catch percentage and overall production are all below his usual standards.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Add a breast cancer diagnosis—with its potential surgeries, scars and treatment side effects—and the pressure to conform to outdated beauty standards can feel disheartening.
—Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2025
By global standards, South Korea’s semiconductor leaders are still undervalued.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
However, part-time military members lack access to fitness resources even though they're held to the same standards as their active duty peers.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In 2020, the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA), the industry’s leading trade group, worked with the International Organization for Standardization to publish early parameters for man overboard systems — though they have not been implemented as industry standards.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standards
norms
Noun
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Sleepy Hollow’s rigid norms and rules are all ultimately just Sharon’s very strong preferences.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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At Goddard, Segrid Harris was appointed ETD director in January and began enforcing rigid expectations that many staff saw as a cultural break from NASA norms.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Standards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standards. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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