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standard

[stan-derd] / ˈstæn dərd /






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"He had part of his right lung taken out, which is the standard procedure," Carbone told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

After one year, pain scores had improved by 72.7% in the embolization group, compared with 24.2% in the standard care group.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Woodward gave the ABA 15 days to change the standard or explain why its rule doesn’t violate antitrust law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The actress is somebody that people she look up to, he said, referring to her as "the gold standard".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

But his mathematical works were used as standard texts for more than a hundred years, even after the death of Galileo.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Experts such as Crehan argue it's unlikely to improve standards and may make the situation worse by exacerbating inconsistency across schools.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Roof and building collapses are common in Pakistan, largely due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials in the South Asian nation of more than 240 million people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Microsoft president Brad Smith called for regulation saying industry and governments must "act with urgency" to create "real and effective safety standards" to contain the risks linked to artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

And underneath that branding, the professional standards that make up law firms’ communications—including a healthy dose of legal jargon and photos of their staff in suits—are still very much present.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Cuba really was a holiday, by Farmer’s standards.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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