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verb

past tense of standardize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of standardized
Adjective
The big picture: Oregon fourth graders, who took the standardized tests in early 2024, ranked second-worst in the country for math and tied with 10 other states for third-worst for reading. Meira Gebel, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025 Yes, large language models have already outperformed some humans in standardized tests for medical and law schools. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 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
  • Plants are organized by region; Romero and I started in the Americas, pulling up to an eight-foot-tall Brazilian grape tree, known for the gumball-size purple berries that grow directly on its trunk.
    Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Last October, the institute organized five planning sessions at Brooklyn’s senior center.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 studies on cold-water immersion.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The systematic dismantling of the 63-year-old agency is a stark contrast to its history of bipartisan support for funding programs like PEPFAR, created by President George W. Bush and credited with saving some 25 million lives.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Shortly after Perry’s arrival, the group caring for the donkeys formalized as the Barron Park Donkey Project and became a nonprofit in 2001.
    Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, the endeavor has widened, formalized, and become relatively popular.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the United States continued its pursuit of a Middle East strategy built on the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and Bahrain, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates.
    Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Misconceptions linking privacy tools to criminality only stigmatize this vital human right, which should be preserved and normalized for everyone.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Currently, the disposal of wind turbine waste is regulated by the localities and states hosting wind turbine projects.
    Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Verb
  • The left earcup has a large ‘b’ button for play/pause and activating the voice assistant, while volume controls are integrated above and below the ‘b’ button.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • It’ll not be limited to hardware products but will also be integrated into software across software products.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Standardized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standardized. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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