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Synonyms

standardize

American

[stan-der-dahyz] / ˈstæn dərˌdaɪz /

especially British, standardise

verb (used with object)

to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like.

to standardize manufactured parts.
to compare with or test by a standard.
to choose or establish a standard for.

verb (used without object)

to become standardized.

standardize British

/ ˈstændəˌdaɪz /

verb

to make or become standard
(tr) to test by or compare with a standard

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Origin of standardize

First recorded in 1870–75; standard + -ize

Explanation

To standardize something is to make it fit a certain guideline or requirement. If a school decides to standardize its grading system, it makes sure every teacher gives grades in exactly the same way. Use the verb standardize to describe what an organization or company does when it makes a product or rule conform to a certain model. Often, to standardize things is to make them all exactly the same. When a city standardizes all its playground equipment, every park begins to look alike, with the same slides, swings, and sandboxes.

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Under the new approach, set to take effect Sept. 1, UPS said it plans to standardize key operational processes across geographies while remaining flexible to meet the needs of local markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Texas Instruments teamed up with math educators and textbook publishers to create an ecosystem for teacher training programs and instruction materials that would seamlessly standardize TI across American classrooms.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Companionship services are fragmented, hard to standardize, and vulnerable to safety concerns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

And unlike images—which can be distilled into objective gradations of red, green and blue light—smell is highly subjective, making it tough to standardize and calibrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

When we were in tenth grade, he orchestrated a plan to standardize our entire class—make every tenth-grader exactly the same.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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 resolution, she said, standardizes the exemption and will help speed efforts by humanitarian workers to provide aid to people.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

This latest iteration of Thread standardizes border routers so that companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google can produce them in a way that device vendors can rely on.

From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2022

Headquartered in Geneva, ISO standardizes everything from the dimensions of cotton bales to the proper transport of uncrewed spacecraft.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022

You've got to know whether it standardizes production and marketing, or just markets by as many methods as there are producers.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

The CDC has not yet included the Pennsylvania deaths in its national tally while it reviews the records and develops standardized criteria for classifying measles deaths.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Known as “direct admissions,” this expedited process is free and omits required essays, questions about extracurriculars and mandated standardized tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

There is no standardized US national teaching of 9/11, when 2,977 people died including the passengers and crew of four hijacked planes, victims in New York's Twin Towers, firefighters, and personnel at the Pentagon.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Following the same standardized method, 1,000 volunteers buried more than 2,000 pairs of cotton underwear and 12,000 tea bags at roughly 1,000 sites across Switzerland.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

In the third grade, after receiving a high score on a standardized achievement test, Chris was placed in an accelerated program for gifted students.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Many in the industry have touted federal intervention as a way to “save” college sports by standardizing how recruitment and payment of athletes work.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

"That means sugar yields fluctuate... and that means alcohol output changes. So standardizing production becomes difficult. Mexico solved this over decades through selective breeding. India hasn't yet," he says.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

By standardizing MRI data and clinical information from many research groups, the team created the largest stroke neuroimaging dataset of its kind.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

McTaggart sees real potential for AI in the administrative side of agency work — organizing offers, standardizing contracts, aggregating sales data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

That is, we mean that acts so characterized correspond exactly to a self in a peculiar attitude, viz., one of adequate standardizing and adjustment, of equilibrium, in383 view of all relations.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode

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