as in to organize
to make agree with a single established standard or model the plan is to standardize the test for reading comprehension so that we can see how students across the state compare

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Recent Examples of standardize The duration of a Hajj visa has also been standardized, expiring on the 10th of Muharram, which is July 6th, 2025. Juwayriah Wright, Time, 4 June 2025 For multinational organizations, facility management data can help standardize sustainability practices across diverse regulatory environments. Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 Retirement benefits that provide long-term security for players and their families are also among key priorities, and standardizing team work environments, including facility and travel accommodations as well as support staff minimums, are on the list too. Ben Pickman, New York Times, 21 May 2025 The platform automatically ingests, standardizes and visualizes crucial data, providing brand partners with immediate, self-service access to their performance metrics across Famous Footwear’s extensive footprint. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for standardize
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  • Gracie Oaks Versus 20-Pair Shoe Storage Cabinet Keep your shoes neatly organized with this storage cabinet, which conceals up to 20 pairs.
    Ali Faccenda, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • The games often center around a global fighting tournament organized by M. Bison, the leader of the evil organization Shadaloo.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
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  • Burnout is no longer a productivity tax that needs to be normalized.
    Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • The song takes kids through each step of a healthy bedtime routine, from brushing your teeth, to getting in bed and telling a story, to help normalize what healthy and hygienic routines look like at home.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 13 June 2025
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  • Tentative trial date The plea was formalized before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Zachary James on Wednesday morning and the judge set a tentative trial date of Sept. 8.
    Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • According to the school newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, no professor is known to have their tenure revoked since at least the 1940s, when the rules were formalized.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 28 May 2025
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  • Does the rule maker want to get into the business of regulating KPIs by industry?
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • While the federal government, not the state, regulates immigration, how should state and local personnel and resources be utilized for that end?
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
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  • Those with passports can regularize their status, access public services, and find work.
    Alexander Betts, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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  • Your broader focus should be on integrating systems in a seamless way that can evolve over time, as needed.
    Swapna Sathyan, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Unlike Yang’s other concepts (Baku is a high-end Japanese restaurant while Yama offers a more casual setting with hibachi, sushi and bento boxes), Sora focuses on French cuisine, with Asian influences integrated throughout each course.
    Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2025
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  • Otherwise, Combs coordinated the other entertainers.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025

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