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as in criteria
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
that last dining experience was not quite up to par
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as in normals
what is typical of a group, class, or series
a pulse of 70 is par for people of that age group
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Recent Examples of pars
Connell hit one birdie, five bogeys and 11 pars in addition to the eagle to reach his score.
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Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Similarly, lumbar bone stress injuries such as pars (a stress fracture to the pars interarticularis, a small segment of bone in the lumbar spine) can also be an issue.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Last week Reyes fired a personal best three-under 33 over the Bernardo Heights Red front nine, showing her consistency by collecting three birdies and the rest pars.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Doctors then performed a pars plana vitrectomy — which is a procedure to remove the vitreous humor from the inside of the eye — to take out the worm.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
To gouge out the parasitic pillager, the doctors performed a pars plana vitrectomy—a procedure that involves sucking out some of the jelly-like vitreous inside the eye.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Further imaging revealed a small fracture, known as a pars defect, in his L5 vertebra.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Similarly, lumbar bone stress injuries such as pars (a stress fracture to the pars interarticularis, a small segment of bone in the lumbar spine) can also be an issue.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Last week Reyes fired a personal best three-under 33 over the Bernardo Heights Red front nine, showing her consistency by collecting three birdies and the rest pars.
—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Doctors then performed a pars plana vitrectomy — which is a procedure to remove the vitreous humor from the inside of the eye — to take out the worm.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
To gouge out the parasitic pillager, the doctors performed a pars plana vitrectomy—a procedure that involves sucking out some of the jelly-like vitreous inside the eye.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2025
Further imaging revealed a small fracture, known as a pars defect, in his L5 vertebra.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pars
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Key criteria include structural correctness, muscling, volume, and overall balance.—
Sara Hansen,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
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States and institutions will need robust data systems to track completion, placement and earnings outcomes for short-term programs, and eligibility criteria that prioritize work-aligned, stackable credentials connected to broader career ladders.—
Matt Gandal,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Temperatures will be close to climatological normals for mid-January, ranging from 58 degrees to 65 degrees.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
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The surge of metal into the US pushed the London market into a full blown squeeze in October, and borrowing costs there still remain well above their normals levels of close to zero.—
Jack Ryan,
Bloomberg,
29 Dec. 2025
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The state spent more than $20 billion without uniform standards to measure effectiveness.—
Julie Watts,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In Hong Kong, this positions MKS to contribute to the HKPMCC’s governance and system design, ensuring interoperability with global standards.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Top American universities that serve as gateways to leadership could both broaden access and strengthen meritocratic norms in admissions by focusing more heavily on indicators of academic potential and reducing preferences that primarily track family income.—
Raj Chetty,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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Unlike the interest rate norms of the past, however, rates here often remain higher for short-term CDs (which mature in under 12 months) versus long-term CDs (which have terms lasting multiple years).—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Likely hundreds of millions of devices, even when using more balanced market share metrics.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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There was a slightly larger-than-expected increase in provisions for credit losses, but the company's credit metrics were generally solid and in line with seasonality.—
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CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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What averages don’t show is distribution of results.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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To further reduce distortions arising from divergent reporting practices and regulations, output measures were evaluated relative to institutional inputs or to country averages.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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Competitors like OpenAI and Google have focused on technical benchmarks, but Anthropic is expecting that trust through transparency will become the real differentiator.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Currently, LLMs lack stronger benchmarks that can evaluate them on long-term tasks, but D&D — with its intricate rules, multiplayer environment, and requirements for intense planning and teamwork that can stretch for days — offers a great playing ground for evaluating LLMs.—
Rachel Witkowski,
semafor.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Pars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pars. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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