standardizing

verb

present participle of standardize
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 Strategies Think before standardizing all AI workloads on one large model. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 While pilots and instructors stress standardizing procedures and flight paths, news incidents such as police chases, fires and crashes force pilots into new conditions during every flight. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Federal vehicle event-data rules offer a model by standardizing records and retrieval. — Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 Police officials told the City Council last week that the department had tightened data-sharing practices and was standardizing its auditing procedures following concerns raised by a local advocacy group. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The Linux Foundation’s Tokenomics Foundation—focused on standardizing how companies measure and manage AI token costs and connect them to business value—officially launches today, backed by about 30 initial members. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 The latest accomplishment has been standardizing what materials can be recycled across four out of five households. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardizing
  1. organizing
  2. normalizing
  3. formalizing
  4. regulating
  5. regularizing
  6. integrating
  7. homogenizing
  8. coordinating
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  • Centuries before officers appeared in uniform, posing as neutral criminologists, policing developed as a method of organizing society.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • This development also signals the ongoing momentum of VFX professionals organizing for fair wages, sustainable benefits, safer working conditions, and a meaningful voice at work.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of organizing
Verb
  • Impressively, the growth occurred during a period when revenue appeared flat due to normalizing post-pandemic energy pass-through adjustments.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Psyllium is safe and effective for improving IBS symptoms by normalizing stool and reducing gas.
    — Melissa Fiorenza, HEALTH, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of normalizing
Verb
  • Employees already post about the brand more than peers at similar companies, so Starbucks is formalizing that behavior with briefs and compensation.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • By formalizing direct material corridors between Africa’s raw material producers and Asia’s manufacturing hubs, BRICS is effectively constructing an alternative supply network that bypasses traditional Western intermediaries.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of formalizing
Verb
  • Dozens of states responded by regulating or banning impairing hemp products.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • International cooperation on regulating the use of potentially dangerous technology has been the norm since the late 19th century when chemical and explosive weapons first hit the scene.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of regulating
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  • Successive governments from the political center, right and left maintained policies aimed at regularizing Venezuelans, eventually receiving nearly a third of the diaspora.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of regularizing
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  • Those challenges include performing nonlinear operations, incorporating memory, maintaining computational precision, minimizing optical losses and integrating photonic components with conventional electronics.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Not only would that pit the two streamers against each other internally, but a bake-off would cause huge internal distractions at a time when the company needs to focus on integrating operations.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of integrating
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  • Standard gas pressure spreads out across the rock formations, homogenizing subterranean forces and actually decreasing the risk of the fault slipping over time.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Various claims are made that since generative AI is based on statistically homogenizing human knowledge, the result will be that humans will follow suit.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Definition of homogenizing
Verb
  • Said flap featured silver studs throughout, accompanied by a coordinating silver chain strap.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Crews went floor to floor, hitting individual cubicles, offices and even coordinating with a restaurant also housed in the building.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of coordinating

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“Standardizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardizing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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