standard
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As a jazz and pop standard it sparked memorable romantic readings from Peggy Lee, Margaret Whiting, Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé and Tony Bennett.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Michele Kang believes London City Lionesses' planned training ground will set a new standard in the women's game and surpass facilities used by the majority of men's Premier League clubs.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"We measured outcomes like whether someone became employed or unemployed, whether they got married or divorced, and standard indicators of mental health," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
As he unfolds the tortuous details of their journey, Mr. Guimarães blends into the tale various tricks, most relying on a standard pack of Ace playing cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
A low standard, yes, but an important one.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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The frontier labs have embraced working together to set standards.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
She added: “The university takes all reports of harassment seriously, including those involving gender identity, and applies the same legal standards to these reports as it does to all allegations of harassment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Many of the Silicon Valley firms that have piled into Anthropic said the timing of Amodei’s push for new, industrywide safety standards makes sense and they weren’t concerned it would dilute interest in the IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The new hiring standards show that is simply not the case anymore, and it makes ordinary people feel less safe.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The market began innocently enough, by Wall Street standards.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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