standard

Example Sentences

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The second, known as "skinny fat," involves a high overall fat burden in people who do not appear severely obese by traditional standards.

From Science Daily

She added that the actions of staff had fallen "well below the standards expected and would be utterly unthinkable at the Fettes of today".

From BBC

It found that Glasgow University's assessment regulations posed a "systemic risk to academic standards".

From BBC

Let’s hold politicians of both parties to this wonderful standard.

From The Wall Street Journal

Also, the Clippers are looking to convert the two-way contracts to standard NBA contracts for Kobe Sanders and Jordan Miller and that could play a role in any deal they attempt to make.

From Los Angeles Times