standards

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Corporate credit spreads have also remained relatively calm, despite simmering worries about underwriting standards in the adjacent private-credit space.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Unlike with faces, viewers don’t judge hands by conventional beauty standards, Haendel said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The broadcaster, famous for his distinctive hushed tone, set new standards for natural history documentaries with programmes like Life on Earth, Planet Earth and The Blue Planet.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Traffic jams are considerable even by local standards.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The standards movement emerged with the 1994 passage of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin