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
Since the trunks were home to a royal’s most beloved items, they were standardized, numbers, and inventoried, too, to ensure nothing was left behind or lost.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
Siniscalchi hopes other scientists will adopt the scoring system to help standardize and accelerate research on pawedness in dogs.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
Bottles could be standardized by category, which would facilitate recycling of unbroken glass containers.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
The initiative standardizes and pays for a range of services, including remote patient monitoring, home meal delivery, and mobile obstetric services.
—Mary C. Mayhew, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
Siniscalchi hopes other scientists will adopt the scoring system to help standardize and accelerate research on pawedness in dogs.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
Bottles could be standardized by category, which would facilitate recycling of unbroken glass containers.
—Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
The initiative standardizes and pays for a range of services, including remote patient monitoring, home meal delivery, and mobile obstetric services.
—Mary C. Mayhew, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardize
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Let your mind wander and organize itself naturally during the Virgo moon.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Talent agencies are organizing around the same principle.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Nevertheless, the financial incentives could give the Iranian government the funds to rebuild the economy and potentially normalize relations with foreign investors.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The central bank has been trying to normalize monetary policy lately after decades of keeping interest rates near or below zero.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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If passed, the bill could formalize NOAA’s role in forecasting and reconnaissance into law by creating a permanent statutory foundation, which could help protect its Hurricane Hunter fleet from having its responsibilities absorbed by another agency, such as the Air Force.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2026
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Edwin Lopez has been sworn in as the next police chief in the city of Miami, formalizing a changing of the guard as Mayor Eileen Higgins enters her sixth month in office.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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State lawmakers have stepped back from earlier, wider-ranging attempts to regulate AI that were vetoed or otherwise derailed by governors who viewed the measures as too onerous toward the industry’s development, including efforts to hold developers accountable for bias in AI systems.—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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The candidates in the crowded field have traded barbs about Bores’ supposed ties to Big Tech and outside groups have poured millions into the race both supporting and opposing his proposals to regulate artificial intelligence.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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This is not the first time Spain has opted to regularize its undocumented population.—
Marta Campabadal Graus,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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By that time, Cuba and Argentina were the only two formal members, apart from Venezuela, that had regularized their financial situation (investment on shares) at the board of teleSUR (in December 2011 and May 2012, respectively).—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Unlike Substrate, xLight’s strategy is to play nicely within the existing ecosystem, developing technology that can integrate into rather than displace ASML’s and TSMC’s existing architectures.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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Personalized treatments are built around three pillars—energetic renewal, conscious longevity, and stress management—and integrated with the landscape and architecture of the property and the regional cuisine.—
Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
21 June 2026
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The company aims to reduce operator workload while enabling larger groups of unmanned systems to coordinate actions during missions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
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Malia and Sasha coordinated with their mom’s color palette, arriving at the opening of the center in white and gray looks.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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“Standardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardize. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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