had standardized
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past perfectof standardize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
standardizeverb (used with object)to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like.
Example Sentences
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When we got to know Verdun’s business, we realized just how well Verdun had standardized the squishy business of moving offices.
From Inc β Sep. 30, 2012
When we got to know Verdun’s business, we realized just how deeply he had standardized the squishy business of moving offices.
From Inc β Sep. 4, 2012
Fordmen felt they were being discriminated against on trucks by OPM, which had standardized the truck program to Chevrolet, Yellow Truck and Dodge specifications.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was a computer, no doubt, that had standardized all the food in Europe to the point where everything tasted like frozen fish-fingers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Down in Nuremberg they had standardized and conventionalized music.
From Christianity and Progress by Harry Emerson Fosdick