standardize
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The second recommendation is to create an international body to standardize both how we train and how we contain AI models.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The findings come as state officials are proposing to overhaul decades-old pesticide regulations to toughen enforcement and standardize penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Under the new approach, set to take effect Sept. 1, UPS said it plans to standardize key operational processes across geographies while remaining flexible to meet the needs of local markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Companionship services are fragmented, hard to standardize, and vulnerable to safety concerns.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
When we were in tenth grade, he orchestrated a plan to standardize our entire class—make every tenth-grader exactly the same.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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The revised directive “simply standardizes the required forms.”
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
The latest development is a new rule that simplifies and standardizes the requirements for retrofits, said URM program manager Amanda Hertzfeld.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
The C.D.C. now has a similar process: The agency collects data from hospitals, counties and states, and then it standardizes and reports the data to the public.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
This latest iteration of Thread standardizes border routers so that companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google can produce them in a way that device vendors can rely on.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2022
Well, in the mood cited, the institution raises and standardizes its entrance-requirements and generally excludes special students.
From The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty by Edward Howard Griggs
An AIG spokesman said the insurer automatically adopts the standardized forms, which is a “common practice across the industry.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
These investigations will include standardized skin, hair and nail examinations along with biological monitoring.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
We also would have to administer a standardized test in certain grades, if we were going to open an actual school, and maintain annual records about student attendance and immunizations.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
In Boston, the percentage of 10th-graders who met or exceeded state thresholds on the 2026 standardized test declined 6 percentage points in English and science and three points in math, year over year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Everyone else had to take instruction specifically targeted to boost their standardized test scores.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Seven volunteer Area Planning Commissions would be replaced by a single Neighborhood Appeals Board, cutting costs and standardizing rulings on liquor licenses, hillside homes and small-business projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Many in the industry have touted federal intervention as a way to “save” college sports by standardizing how recruitment and payment of athletes work.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
In 1955, when Pratt and Kroc crossed paths, they saw that standardizing the products the burger chain carried would help ensure uniform quality, and drive down costs by increasing purchasing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
"That means sugar yields fluctuate... and that means alcohol output changes. So standardizing production becomes difficult. Mexico solved this over decades through selective breeding. India hasn't yet," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
He rebels against all that would cripple individual effort and against all modern standardizing whether it applies to the choice of a profession or to the cut of a garment.
From Knut Hamsun by Hanna Astrup Larsen
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