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 The duration of a Hajj visa has also been standardized, expiring on the 10th of Muharram, which is July 6th, 2025. Juwayriah Wright, Time, 4 June 2025 For multinational organizations, facility management data can help standardize sustainability practices across diverse regulatory environments. Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 Retirement benefits that provide long-term security for players and their families are also among key priorities, and standardizing team work environments, including facility and travel accommodations as well as support staff minimums, are on the list too. Ben Pickman, New York Times, 21 May 2025 The platform automatically ingests, standardizes and visualizes crucial data, providing brand partners with immediate, self-service access to their performance metrics across Famous Footwear’s extensive footprint. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for standardize
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  • Gracie Oaks Versus 20-Pair Shoe Storage Cabinet Keep your shoes neatly organized with this storage cabinet, which conceals up to 20 pairs.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • The games often center around a global fighting tournament organized by M. Bison, the leader of the evil organization Shadaloo.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
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  • Innovative leaders normalize feedback, encourage honest dialogue, and reward risk-taking.
    Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • While the talks are still in the early stages, Trump’s engagement has raised the possibility of Syria’s leadership eventually normalizing ties with Israel, although this process will likely take time.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025
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  • Tentative trial date The plea was formalized before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Zachary James on Wednesday morning and the judge set a tentative trial date of Sept. 8.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • According to the school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, no professor is known to have their tenure revoked since at least the 1940s, when the rules were formalized.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 28 May 2025
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  • Despite the encroachment of people in their natural habitats, alligators remain an important predator regulating ecosystem populations in the nation’s wetlands.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • That ruling was compromised somewhat by a later decision that allowed a farmer’s consumption of his own wheat to be regulated, and a lamentable 6-3 decision allowing federal regulation of marijuana possession.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2025
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  • The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
  • The presence of Tren the Aragua in the United States is one of the central arguments in the Trump administration’s efforts to deport hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who have not yet been able to regularize their immigration status in the country.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • Your broader focus should be on integrating systems in a seamless way that can evolve over time, as needed.
    Swapna Sathyan, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Unlike Yang’s other concepts (Baku is a high-end Japanese restaurant while Yama offers a more casual setting with hibachi, sushi and bento boxes), Sora focuses on French cuisine, with Asian influences integrated throughout each course.
    Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
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  • The operation is massive: participants haul wagons and horses up to Nevada from all over California and coordinate nightly rest stops in shopping centers, ranches, even neighborhoods.
    Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
  • The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025

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“Standardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardize. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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