Example Sentences

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The revised directive “simply standardizes the required forms.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

It standardizes production where possible, which lowers lead times and manufacturing costs, and its boats are smaller and cheaper to run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The latest development is a new rule that simplifies and standardizes the requirements for retrofits, said URM program manager Amanda Hertzfeld.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The C.D.C. now has a similar process: The agency collects data from hospitals, counties and states, and then it standardizes and reports the data to the public.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

The clock standardizes our subjective tempos and we control ourselves by the clock.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra