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standard

[stan-derd] / ˈstæn dərd /






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The laser consistently improved image resolution, with particularly important gains for specimens that are difficult to image using standard methods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Most of the underlying investments are liquid standard assets, such as bonds and money market funds, rather than illiquid nonstandard credit assets,” it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Wedgewood appears to have charged clients to conduct surveys on their behalf, a standard practice for aboveboard polling firms that could in this case amount to fraud.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

Quince offers free standard shipping on all items, and you must sign to receive the package if it cost more than $100.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Farmer and Jim reluctantly agreed that all patients had to complete the standard WHO protocol before their cases could be deemed “treatment failures.”

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

Hong Kong also dived more than three percent, with NetEase and Tencent taking a battering, while Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com were also weighed by government calls for tighter quality standards.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Even by research standards, I do a lot of research,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Our investigation will analyse the officer's use of Copilot between May last year and June this year and assess if there are any potential breaches of police professional standards."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Kessler is the next center in line, the next big man who will try to live up to those lofty standards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Some philosophers and nearly all anthropologists agreed: standards of rationality were, they insisted, local and highly variable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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