standards
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The report, released in May 2023, found that the Navy's top brass had "let our standards slip - and in doing so we let our people down."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
There is something genuinely quite heartbreaking about watching Panettiere, a young woman just coming to understand Hollywood industry standards, repeat the sickly refrains of a similarly demanding profession.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Each claim is held to technical, legal, and evidence standards set by insurers, not the property owner,” it says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“The standards around it don’t exist right now,” said Amanda Annis, an agent at Trident Media Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A few years before, Ann had taken to slipping out of the house with a wild group that included French—wild by the standards of rural North Carolina in the 1950s, anyway.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
