standards
Example Sentences
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Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that Bangladeshi authorities were failing to uphold international legal standards.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“The suggestion that the bank has compromised its underwriting standards is false and not substantiated by the facts or the performance of the portfolio over time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of individuals in our custody is a top priority at ICE. ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The contrasting standards vex those worried for the future of public education.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Everybody understood that it was a word imported from the law courts, and with it came an established set of standards for judging the reliability of testimony.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
