as in standards
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial
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Noun
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When the pace of innovation slows, standards emerge.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025 -
But Republicans should question their own members who fail in other areas that require adherence to basic standards of conscience and competence.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The amendment should define specific criteria for incapacity, including mental illness, cognitive decline, substance abuse, or any condition that substantially impairs judgment or decision-making capacity.—
Lynn Schmidt,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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An expansion of the Milwaukee Police Department's criteria to issue a missing persons alert would not include the three homeless men who are still believed missing since historic floods swept through Milwaukee in August.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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For now, Verdagy’s benchmarks matter.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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This is why computer scientists should not be left to create benchmarks for real world professional tasks without deferring to expert advice from people working in those professions.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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