standard
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The gold standard is the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, where Louis Kahn’s dramatic, barrel-vaulted, light-suffused spaces provide a harmonious setting for the paintings and sculptures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
These include standard camping where you bring your own tent, and glamping which involves staying in more expensive pre-erected tents and cabins.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
And with a larger standard deduction and permanently lower rates for individuals and joint filers, the total amount refunded ran ahead of the past filing season by tens of billions of dollars.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
This is becoming the standard position: A.I. for everything upstream of prose is acceptable; A.I. for the prose itself is a betrayal.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
The Greeks would figure out the ratio by dividing the line into tiny pieces, using, for example, a standard or yardstick half an inch long.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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