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standard

[stan-derd] / ˈstæn dərd /






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Patients who received finerenone in addition to standard treatment experienced a significantly slower decline in kidney function compared with those receiving standard care alone.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

West Ham said it has clear and robust safeguarding measures in place and the club is unable to comment or provide details on "any individual safeguarding matter as per standard practice in the industry".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The chief of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, Guliz Ozturk, noted wryly that it was standard practice for carriers to predict various scenarios at the beginning of the year, only to see something entirely different happen.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Instead, the standard recommendation for pain relief during IUD insertion is to take 800 milligrams of ibuprofen an hour beforehand—a method that falls woefully short of addressing the intense discomfort experienced by many patients.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

However, a standard argument against Boyle’s experiments with his air pump was that the pump leaked, and that therefore it was incapable of making a vacuum.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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