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 However, standardizing an algorithm is very different from migrating an enterprise. — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 By standardizing the process, OpenAI aims to have a consistent measure to evaluate new employees across teams. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 29 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 latest accomplishment has been standardizing what materials can be recycled across four out of five households. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

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Technology handles more of the searching, organizing and comparing surrounding it.

— Denys Kanel, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Locally, losing the endorsement could strip Raman of volunteers and organizing infrastructure just weeks before her runoff against Mayor Karen Bass.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of organizing

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The appointment signifies a new chapter for Zankov, formalizing a partnership that has already played a pivotal role in the development of his business over the past two years.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of formalizing

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In the absence of a federal law regulating them, the responsibility falls to local governments, said Ridout, who estimates that about 30 states have some type of rule or requirement regarding AI in political campaigns.

— Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
The agency charged with regulating Colorado’s first-in-the-nation legal recreational marijuana market potentially put consumers at risk of using contaminated products, a new state audit found.

— Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 21 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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The challenge is integrating these resources into a power system that can consistently meet the needs of households, industry and critical infrastructure every hour of the day.

— H.E. Dr Abdulla Saif Al Jarwan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
In this video, experts from Lockheed Martin share how the company is integrating independent capabilities into a layered defense that connects satellites, radars and interceptor systems.

— Paid Content by Lockheed Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 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

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The animal-print two-piece, traced with glittering piping, was worn with a black crop top, knee-high black leather riding boots, and a coordinating Chanel flap bag.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
To mimic the color scheme found in her outfit, Doja’s makeup consisted of a bright pink lippie and coordinating pink blush.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

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