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Both studies helped establish immunotherapy as a standard treatment option for patients with small cell lung cancer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
By the pundit’s standard, he is telling a lousy story.
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
The conference had already selected the presentation for its presidential symposium, a slot reserved for medical studies that have the potential to change the standard of care.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
There is no common standard by which the two can be compared.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Alibaba and other Chinese e-commerce stocks fell as Beijing called for higher standards.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Blackstone employees walk financial advisers through large transactions in the company’s private funds and the lending standards in place when the loans were made.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
A subsequent professional standards department investigation upheld a number of complaints about the way in which Devon and Cornwall Police had handled her case and concluded it was "not acceptable".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
He replied to Pavlov that he could not debase his own standards of sportsmanship and would see the match through despite Fischer’s outrageous conduct.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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