STANDARDIZING Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Wide variation in editing behavior across individuals is usually a sign that the review process itself needs standardizing. — Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 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 To address this challenge, the company has made substantial investments in new formulations for tile materials, standardizing shapes, and more. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026 By standardizing component layouts, equipment integration, and vendor specifications, the company replicates full production lines without requiring site-specific engineering overhauls. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026

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Comparing unauthorized immigration to an invasion has become increasingly common among politicians including Nigel Farage of Reform UK, and far-right groups that have been active in organizing and attending anti-immigrant protests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.

— Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of organizing

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Naturally, the rest of the plot focusses on his elaborate scheme to get out of hot water by normalizing the word in his office.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Some of Syria’s neighbors have also lauded the decision as a landmark step to normalizing the geopolitical situation in a country ripped apart again and again by civil conflict.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of normalizing

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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
Language in your next lease renewal covering accent walls, hardware swaps or pre-move-out inspections, a signal that landlords are formalizing what has been an informal negotiation.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of formalizing

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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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The plan also includes integrating the city's industry development with some academic sectors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
The arrangement is intended to reorient Ottawa from Washington toward Brussels by integrating manufacturing, technology, security and energy.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of integrating

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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
The first book was published the same year as Serial debuted, kicking off our burgeoning obsession with true crime and our tendency to romanticize the male perpetrators while often homogenizing their overwhelmingly female victims into cautionary tales.

— Scarlett Harris, Time, 11 June 2026

Definition of homogenizing

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Khosrowshahi said Uber spends too much time coordinating between teams and not enough time developing its business.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The coordinating French Rib pants are also majorly marked down right now for a head-to-toe Spanx travel look that’s under $105.

— Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026

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