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
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Recent Examples of standardizing
This also will help provide transparency needed to guide infrastructure investment and scale recycling technologies, while also standardizing shared definitions, material taxonomies and reporting to ensure industry-wide compliance.
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Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
That includes standardizing how infrastructure is defined, reducing variation across environments and ensuring that policies are enforced as part of how systems operate rather than as an afterthought.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Strong suggests legitimizing and standardizing station tattoos, making a design readily available if deputies want to pay homage to their workplace, as other departments across the nation do.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 28 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
Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
That includes standardizing how infrastructure is defined, reducing variation across environments and ensuring that policies are enforced as part of how systems operate rather than as an afterthought.
—Matthew Sweeney, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Strong suggests legitimizing and standardizing station tattoos, making a design readily available if deputies want to pay homage to their workplace, as other departments across the nation do.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Daily News, 28 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardizing
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Maya Attoui, whose parents still live in Beirut, is organizing a metro Detroit fundraiser to support Lebanon and raise awareness about the conflict.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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In 2025, Lithuania took Belarus to the International Court of Justice, accusing the Lukashenko government of organizing large-scale migrant smuggling into Lithuania.—
Tatsiana Kulakevich,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Both right and left are normalizing violence against politicians.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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By normalizing struggle and encouraging shared responsibility, leaders can distribute the emotional labor of change across the system rather than forcing individuals to carry it alone.—
Lourdes Mestre,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Both coaches are in the final stages of formalizing their rosters for the 2026-27 season.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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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
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His reporting takes him to the headquarters of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the state agency tasked with regulating oil and gas.—
Katie Campbell,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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As for regulating the use of AI for mental health, a few states enacted new policies last year.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
Verb
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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
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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
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The more such institutions can resist integrating AI tools into every aspect of their operations, and instead incentivize human intellectual engagement even at the expense of efficiency, the better as far as patience is concerned.—
Christian B. Miller,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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The distinction Allen draws — between hiding nutrition and integrating it — is the heart of the trend.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Standardizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardizing. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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