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
Now, Yasuda and his team are focused on standardizing protocols and ensuring the system performs reliably under a wide variety of environmental conditions.
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New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
Stubbs and Egan went on to upgrade the place, standardizing recipes and introducing training while honoring the establishment’s past.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Mytra, the company Walti cofounded in 2022 with CTO Ahmad Baitalmal, is focused on standardizing and scaling how heavy material moves across warehouses and factories, so industrial customers can reliably automate full buildings and networks.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Office managers intent on streamlining, standardizing, and systemizing workflows saw the Dictaphone as a labor-saving device.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026
By standardizing actions, macros reduce common human errors and can validate data before it is entered.
—Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
In the nineteenth century, doctors started to consolidate their authority by standardizing, and encouraging, medical education.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Denim Deal, the European initiative committed to standardizing circular practices in denim production, launched new projects to advance circularity in France and India.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
After the war, the implementation of daylight saving time varied from state to state until the Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966, standardizing the dates of daylight saving time but allowing local exemptions if states or localities didn’t want to participate.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
Stubbs and Egan went on to upgrade the place, standardizing recipes and introducing training while honoring the establishment’s past.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Mytra, the company Walti cofounded in 2022 with CTO Ahmad Baitalmal, is focused on standardizing and scaling how heavy material moves across warehouses and factories, so industrial customers can reliably automate full buildings and networks.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
Office managers intent on streamlining, standardizing, and systemizing workflows saw the Dictaphone as a labor-saving device.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026
By standardizing actions, macros reduce common human errors and can validate data before it is entered.
—Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 31 Dec. 2025
In the nineteenth century, doctors started to consolidate their authority by standardizing, and encouraging, medical education.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
Denim Deal, the European initiative committed to standardizing circular practices in denim production, launched new projects to advance circularity in France and India.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
After the war, the implementation of daylight saving time varied from state to state until the Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966, standardizing the dates of daylight saving time but allowing local exemptions if states or localities didn’t want to participate.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardizing
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And now the daughters and granddaughters of the Ladies Aid and League of Catholic Women’s groups are organizing food, shelter, and finances against stone-cold invaders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California has been organizing the Tết Festival for more than 40 years.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Allowing fans to become familiar with options to live more sustainably -- especially on a stage as large as the Super Bowl -- is incredibly important for reducing individual carbon footprint and normalizing planet-friendly initiatives, Bleveans added.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2026
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In Khamenei’s worldview, normalizing relations with the United States has always been kryptonite, an existential threat to a regime whose identity was premised on resisting America.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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In 2025, the brand also earned Certified B Corporation status, formalizing its long-standing commitments to sustainability and clean formulations.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Roughly half of the 180 companies were in the experimentation and prototyping phase, Rishi found, while 25% were hard at work formalizing their prototypes.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
11 Dec. 2025
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Trump was expected to have a much more hands-off approach to regulating business combinations.—
Jeff Marks,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Environmental groups and concerned countries see regulating ship fuel as the only way to realistically reduce black carbon.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement The trauma and alienation experienced by those who endured military occupation at our nation’s founding suggests the peril of regularizing military rule in American cities today.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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More broadly, this work highlights a promising pathway for integrating solar energy directly into electrochemical energy storage, potentially bridging the gap between renewable energy harvesting and efficient energy utilization, according to researchers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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By integrating supplier data and focusing on high-impact variables such as product weight, organizations can achieve significant improvements in emissions accuracy, according to the Higg Index’s exclusive licensee.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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The first part of Bong’s answer applies well to Pluribus, which isn’t specifically a show about AI, but which does ask viewers to think about the value of humanity in the face of a more uniform, homogenizing threat.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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Apple recently launched an iPhone operating-system interface redesign called Liquid Glass that turns its icons translucent, further homogenizing their appearance.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Pair with a set of decorative pillows in coordinating white-and-blue colorways for something extra matchy-matchy.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Blige fully committed to the monochromatic moment, pairing the coat with a coordinating faux-fur handbag.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Standardizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardizing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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