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as in structured

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verb

past tense of standardize
as in organized
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 standardized
Adjective
Now, students qualify for a lottery according to their performance on standardized tests. — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 Cuban wants standardized contracts for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and third-party administrators. — Emma Witman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
Gold bullion coins are government-issued, standardized in weight and purity and recognized by dealers worldwide. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026 In theory, this construction defect liability law standardized the process to ensure that homes are built safely, giving homeowners the power to demand repairs and builders the opportunity to make them. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for standardized
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standardized
  1. systematic
  2. organized
  3. systematized
  4. formalized
  5. normalized
  6. regularized
  7. regulated
  8. integrated
Adjective
  • The idea that the absence of private property and systematic inequality automatically removes coercion—which forms the core of the Marxist theory of history—is not proven.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Research to be presented at this year’s NeurIPS conference in Sydney, Australia, demonstrates the benefits of a process for making biological computing more systematic known as an Embodied Neurocomputation Framework.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of systematic
Verb
  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of organized
Adjective
  • Raad’s subject—war—is likewise highly systematized, yet requires mental gymnastics to justify itself.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • Starboard’s 2026 strategy leans into partnership, culture and experiential momentum, while Harding+ is building a more systematized retail model around emotion, data, and innovation.
    — Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Definition of systematized
Verb
  • Erik Brynjolfsson, Daniel Rock, and Chad Syverson formalized it in a 2018 NBER paper published as The Productivity J-Curve in the American Economic Journal in 2021.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Ogdensburg Declaration of 1940 and the 1941 Hyde Park Declaration consolidated and formalized the strategic economic and military cooperation between the two countries and set the foundations for future collaboration.
    — Stefano Tijerina, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of formalized
Verb
  • The anti-Muslim rhetoric is not novel in the political world of attack ads, but seems to be more normalized in Florida, according to experts who spoke with the Miami Herald.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Officials, activists and residents in the overwhelmingly Democratic city say the deployment is a waste of taxpayer money and has normalized the militarization of a major American city.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of normalized
Verb
  • For minors, their status is regularized for five years.
    — Marta Campabadal Graus, NBC news, 30 May 2026
  • By that time, Cuba and Argentina were the only two formal members, apart from Venezuela, that had regularized their financial situation (investment on shares) at the board of teleSUR (in December 2011 and May 2012, respectively).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Definition of regularized
Verb
  • At the federal level, ENDS are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, but states have the authority to restrict their sale in order to protect the health of their citizens.
    — Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The companies are regulated on the federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, which has historically focused on overseeing soybean futures and oil derivatives.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of regulated
Verb
  • Still, around 42% of marketers (linked in the Mediaocean research above) say that getting good quality data (or being able to access it) is a major obstacle, and only 10% have all their ad technology systems fully integrated.
    — Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond that, there are software giants like Adobe and Salesforce that have integrated with Anthropic's Claude assistant.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
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