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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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The second recommendation is to create an international body to standardize both how we train and how we contain AI models.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The findings come as state officials are proposing to overhaul decades-old pesticide regulations to toughen enforcement and standardize penalties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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

Gey and several colleagues had already organized a committee to develop procedures to “simplify and standardize the technique of tissue culturing.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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 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

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

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park

The findings also relied on symptoms reported by participants rather than standardized clinical examinations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

We also would have to administer a standardized test in certain grades, if we were going to open an actual school, and maintain annual records about student attendance and immunizations.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Flock has now added a drop-down menu with standardized categories modeled after the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s data-reporting system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“A lot of this is going to have to be effectuated through policy if we want to see this standardized across the labs,” Purser added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 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

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

“The goal now is to minimize risk by standardizing, sequencing, and simplifying,” Isaac said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

The American Home Economics Association, which publishes the Journal of Home Economics at 1211 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland, is an organization devoted to standardizing the housemother's task and helping toward efficient home-making.

From The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer

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