How to Use standard-issue in a Sentence

standard-issue

adjective

• Most people would have seen a standard-issue still life of fruit.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2023
• Had that been all, the look would have been fairly standard-issue oversize, slouchy fare of the moment.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
• No stereotypes here; no standard-issue good guys and bad guys.
  — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
• The union can now move on During the strike, the UAW fell into their standard-issue spiel of corporate greed and non-living wages.
  — Adam Hanft, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
• The show premiered at Cannes last month to a standard-issue five-minute standing ovation and mixed reviews.
  — Vulture, 11 June 2023
• So, the standard-issue duck call is designed to imitate the sounds of a Suzie, which is the universal nickname for a hen mallard.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
• Begin at this restaurant, with its small, bright room and standard-issue gas pizza oven.
  — Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023
• The result was the Armed Services Editions. which were designed to fit in either the breast or pants pocket of a standard-issue uniform.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Some of the elements of this bio-musical — 20 songs strong — are the standard-issue steppingstones of an overworked genre.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• But Harry’s is, somehow, just right: the blades run smoothly and last, and the handle is just hefty enough for a comfy grip (skip the metal upgrades, and stay with the standard-issue plastic one).
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2024
• Left to his own devices, Mr. Beshear, 45, has the predilections of a standard-issue American left-wing progressive.
  — Faith Bottum, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
• Who decided that toasters and microwaves and even spatulas had to be standard-issue and drab?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
• Inmates are usually forced to identify as a number and, for the most part, can only wear a standard-issue uniform.
  — Sandra E. Garcia, New York Times, 30 May 2024
• Instead of a standard-issue statue, the conceptual piece shows their interlocking arms, which from one angle form the shape of a heart.
  — Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
• Slung on his chest, crumpling his standard-issue Washington suit, is a young gentleman named Hodge, his infant son.
  — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• Cases The Steam Deck includes a carrying case, which is pretty sweet to get as a standard-issue accessory.
  — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
• His dress — gray suit and a purple polo shirt with matching Nike sneakers — is a mash-up of tech bro and standard-issue government executive.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• Megan Thee Stallion transformed the standard-issue baseball uniform into a body-hugging sportswear look this week.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2023
• The standard-issue kicks are available in four colorways—white, black, slime green, and crimson—but Certified Lover Boy’s own sneakers have a distinctive hue.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2023
• Most people are familiar with the standard-issue folding Ping-Pong table made from particle board that is native to basement rec rooms.
  — Stephen Treffinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Her tenure in the U.S. Senate was marked by support for standard-issue progressive platitudes.
  — Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
• Even the hotel’s standard-issue rooms offer fun extras, like murphy beds, sleeper sofas, clothing-storage space, and mini fridges.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2024
• The landmark decision was offhandedly announced in a standard-issue press release.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
• That might suggest that a standard-issue presidential nominee without Biden’s age and acuity concerns might do better than him when the choice comes into focus.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
• In the past, track lighting was exclusively standard-issue spotlights devoid of warmth or personality, but new track lighting doesn’t have that same austere, cold feel.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
• Popular on Variety Anyone familiar with Cousins’ idiosyncratic films will know not to expect a standard-issue biodoc of talking heads and archival montage.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 July 2024
• In the early 2000s, public rivalries between female pop stars were standard-issue marketing and media fodder.
  — Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
• For a stylish alternative to a standard-issue heated jacket, consider this unisex option from Dewbu.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2023
• Microsoft started selling its first computer mice in 1983, a year or two before the Macintosh and other computers made pointing devices standard-issue and two years before the first version of Windows was released.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2023
• With its corporate machinations, creepy secrets, and low-ranking Everywoman protagonist, the novel seems, at first, like a standard-issue techno-thriller.
  — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025