standard
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"This is a really poor pitch. This is not the standard of pitch you'd expect for a Lord's Test, and they've got to do something about it," BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
California would be the first in the country to adopt such a statewide standard or permit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The problem with using standard electrical equipment for new data centers is that it’s inefficient, and is starting to take up too much space inside the buildings.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
But under this Bolton standard, anyone who submits a book or article draft that contains classified material could potentially be charged with a crime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Often, discoveries are named after their inventors; from 1597 it became standard to distinguish three systems of the cosmos, those of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Brahe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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