as in organizing
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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of standardizing
Mapping the end-to-end flow and quantifying these leaks shifts strategy from squeezing vendor prices to consolidating networks, standardizing processes and investing in better data tools, delivering more durable savings and resilience.
—
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
State officials insisted the removal boosted public safety by standardizing traffic markings statewide, but drew criticism for targeting designs and colors supporting the LGBTQ community.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
By clarifying roles early, streamlining interviews, standardizing evaluations and improving communication, employers can make faster, more confident hiring decisions.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Streamlining and standardizing the environmental review process would help fully implement pro-housing reforms in the state.
—Eliza Terziev, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
Trzyna uploads the art, standardizing the look but keeping each one unique.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Dell has spent the past two years modernizing and standardizing its systems to prepare for broader AI adoption.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Is there interest in standardizing EV sounds, where one sound could be a one size fits all type of solution?
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2026
Just over 50% of breast cancer patients in Kenya present with an advanced stage of the disease at diagnosis, according to the health ministry, which is working on standardizing early detection.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
State officials insisted the removal boosted public safety by standardizing traffic markings statewide, but drew criticism for targeting designs and colors supporting the LGBTQ community.
—Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
By clarifying roles early, streamlining interviews, standardizing evaluations and improving communication, employers can make faster, more confident hiring decisions.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Streamlining and standardizing the environmental review process would help fully implement pro-housing reforms in the state.
—Eliza Terziev, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
Trzyna uploads the art, standardizing the look but keeping each one unique.
—Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
Dell has spent the past two years modernizing and standardizing its systems to prepare for broader AI adoption.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Is there interest in standardizing EV sounds, where one sound could be a one size fits all type of solution?
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2026
Just over 50% of breast cancer patients in Kenya present with an advanced stage of the disease at diagnosis, according to the health ministry, which is working on standardizing early detection.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardizing
Verb
-
In her 2008 work Mirror Play, San Francisco Poets Theatre Beloved’s Carla Harryman employs a field of speakers as an engine for organizing meaning between interior perception and exterior reality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
-
Por Parasu Komaradat, the coordinator who has been organizing the rescue operations, told ABC News Thursday that six divers from other countries, including Japan and France, will be arriving Friday to assist in their efforts.—
Aicha El Hammar Castano,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
Verb
-
The community said no type of hate is acceptable, and normalizing a crime like the shooting that killed three men in Southern California is essentially a guarantee that a similar crime will happen again.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
-
How the Conversation Around Menopause Is Changing Obama also described how her husband, former President Barack Obama, became familiar with menopause through the women in his administration — a small but telling sign of how normalizing the topic in everyday spaces can make a difference.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
Verb
-
Both coaches are in the final stages of formalizing their rosters for the 2026-27 season.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
-
Friday’s meeting was followed by a lease signing ceremony at City Hall between the City of Chula Vista and San Diego State University with Mayor John McCann presiding over the signing, formalizing a 10-year agreement to bring SDSU’s hybrid nursing program to the city’s new Millenia Library.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
Verb
-
Genes regulating stem cell populations, redox balance and cell-to-cell communication were also expanded or distinctly modified.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
-
What role should the state play, if at all, in regulating AI to protect Bay Area workers and/or consumers?—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
Verb
-
Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
-
In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
But integrating chatbots made for adults into toys for kids poses its own array of threats, Padilla told the Union-Tribune.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
-
Fernandez Bibeau’s portfolio as parks commissioner, effective June 1, will include integrating green infrastructure into the city’s broader open space strategy and strengthening coordination across cabinets to advance the city’s climate goals.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
Verb
-
Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
-
Character sketches can sometimes end up homogenizing the host into the ensemble, but that doesn’t happen here.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
-
Range officials are coordinating with Blue Origin and its partners to determine the exact cause of the anomaly, according to a statement released by the US Space Force.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
-
That electronic suppression could be designed to prevent nearby Cuban forces from alerting leadership, coordinating reinforcements or tracking incoming aircraft.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Standardizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardizing. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
