standardization

Some are irked by the standardization of competitive breaking: Dancers strive to defy gravity and capture the music’s spirit in spur-of-the-moment sculptures carved from their muscles, bones and imagination.

Urban runoff that pollutes the ocean frequently begins in these fresh rivers, but, unlike for beaches, there is no statewide oversight, standardization or funding for freshwater pollution monitoring in California.

David Millis, a clinical reviewer for the FDA, raised concerns about the standardization of therapy at the advisory committee meeting, saying, “The content or approach of these integrated sessions was not standardized in the treatment manuals and was mainly left up to the individual therapist.”

"And you get standardization. By about 1700, it seems like these procedures are used everywhere."

This inward shift, this internalization of an author’s voice, was made possible by the gradual standardization of punctuation, which allowed writing to become less dependent upon the cadences of speech and gave writers the freedom to explore more private realms of thought.