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verb

past tense of standardize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of standardized
Adjective
The most discussed of Baldwin’s five bulletin points was creating a standardized annual calendar for interscholatic athletes. Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025 John Price, the superintendent of North Chicago School District 187, said the quandary has prompted the district to stall the implementation of a Black Excellence program designed to help a particular student group that does not perform as well as others on certain standardized tests. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
The same thing will happen now if time is standardized uniformly. David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024 This was the case for Clorox, which standardized its brand family on WordPress back in the late 2010s as its creative team shifted to working as an award-winning in-house agency. Josh Koenig, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for standardized
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardized
Verb
  • The Missouri Immunization Coalition, which organized the event for April 24-25, also had to lay off half its staff, according to board president Lynelle Phillips.
    Jackie Fortiér, NPR, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Perhaps not surprisingly, nonviolent movements’ success depends on how well they’re organized.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Put on trial before a military tribunal and found guilty on 474 counts of murder (as well as embezzlement of public funds, material injury, and systematic violations of human rights) was Equatorial Guinea’s first post-independence president, Francisco Macías Nguema.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The ruling party’s officials and military leaders are responsible for abuses, crimes and human rights violations that are part of the systematic repression campaign, according to U.N. experts.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And in Sri Lanka, the hotel group Resplendent Ceylon has formalized a network of 14 footpaths that cut through forests and tea fields.
    Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The company recently formalized that broader focus with the launch of Dragonwing, a new brand portfolio dedicated to the industrial and embedded sectors.
    Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For employers, the challenge isn’t just complying with the law but adapting to a world where marijuana use is increasingly normalized.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In today’s world of social media, cosmetic surgery has shifted from a taboo subject to something more accepted and even normalized.
    Essence, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Dietary supplements are minimally regulated by the FDA and may or may not be suitable for you.
    Amy Fischer MS, RD, Health, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Currently, the disposal of wind turbine waste is regulated by the localities and states hosting wind turbine projects.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The most robust effort to date comes from Germany’s Deutsche Fußball Liga, with a mandatory environmental sustainability criteria being integrated into club licensing regulations for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 in 2022.
    Claire Poole, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Wilmore and Williams were integrated with the Crew-9 mission in September under a plan NASA laid out months ago.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Standardized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardized. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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