standards

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Corporate credit spreads have also remained relatively calm, despite simmering worries about underwriting standards in the adjacent private-credit space.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

“The standards are pretty favorable to the government in a situation like this.”

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Unlike with faces, viewers don’t judge hands by conventional beauty standards, Haendel said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Traffic jams are considerable even by local standards.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It was not a very demanding task, but by ancient standards it was the state of the art.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife