standard
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"How they turn the food on the barbecue should be correct, the taste should be standard, and the food should look good."
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
They can choose a standard, mortgage-style repayment plan that runs from 10 to 25 years.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
Moscow’s Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday that Russia is also considering allowing refineries to produce once again the low-grade Euro-2 standard gasoline that has been banned since 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
The watchdog added: "There's also an indication one of the officers may have breached the standard relating to authority, respect and courtesy, for appearing to dismiss Henry saying he had been stabbed."
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
The central plateau was his roots as an epidemiologist and a clinician, and a model of how a committed staff on a limited budget could raise the standard of health in the third world.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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