standard
Example Sentences
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While the professionalisation of the women's game in England has raised on-field standards, Leicester manager Rick Passmoor cautioned against fast-tracking players into prominent roles.
From BBC
It’s been a standard mantra of financial advisers and commentators for about two generations.
From MarketWatch
Regardless of where they fall on the income spectrum, many people can relate to wanting to be included, or badly needing help from someone and bending their standards or ethics to get it.
States follow nationwide standards set by an industry group, but state lawmakers have broad discretion and commissioners can bend state law for individual companies.
"Our findings could have important implications for a cancer whose standard of care hasn't changed for 20 years."
From Science Daily
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