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standard
adjective as in regular, approved
Strong matches
average, boilerplate, general, official, regulation, set, staple, stock, vanilla
Weak matches
authoritative, canonical, customary, established, everyday, garden variety, orthodox, popular, prevailing, recognized, run-of-the-mill
noun as in guideline, principle
Strongest matches
code, ideal, law, measure, model, norm, requirement, rule, specification, test
Strong matches
archetype, average, axiom, barometer, belief, benchmark, canon, criterion, ethics, example, exemplar, fundamental, gauge, grade, guide, ideals, mean, median, mirror, morals, par, paradigm, pattern, sample, touchstone, type, yardstick
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.
Christopher Nolan, Interstellar “My films are always held to a weirdly high standard,” Nolan told me.
Completed in 1953 and composed with standard line breaks and punctuation, the book was completely ignored upon submission.
The End of Gangs By Sam Quinones, Pacific-Standard Los Angeles gave America the modern street gang.
And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
The new creed, called the King's Book, approved by the houses of convocation, and made the standard of English orthodoxy.
The news of these successes brought crowds of volunteers to our standard.
As regards Great Britain, the gold standard is yet preserved for all practical purposes.
Above, great standard electric lamps shed their white glare upon the eddying throng casting a myriad of grotesque shadows.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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