STANDARDIZING Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

standardizing

verb

present participle of standardize

as in organizing

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 standardizing The latest accomplishment has been standardizing what materials can be recycled across four out of five households. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Furthermore, top talent protects decision-making energy by standardizing routines, delegating, and declining unnecessary meetings to avoid decision fatigue. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 To address this challenge, the company has made substantial investments in new formulations for tile materials, standardizing shapes, and more. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026 By standardizing component layouts, equipment integration, and vendor specifications, the company replicates full production lines without requiring site-specific engineering overhauls. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026 Recycling Powerhouse plans to address this by industrializing, standardizing and scaling textile recycling through a global network of textile recycling plants that can convert post- and pre-consumer textile waste into recycled yarns. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 21 July 2026 Beginning in 2018, BIE began standardizing data collection methods. — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026 In a 2025 paper, Alikani and her colleague outlined how standardizing automation technologies across laboratories and clinics could improve IVF success rates. — Edna Bonhomme, Scientific American, 6 July 2026 The America First plan proposed standardizing data collection and processing within countries. — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026

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The organizing committee said earlier this week that 12 million people have registered.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Most enterprises have data spread across dozens of platforms, and each one has its own way of storing, organizing and granting access to that data.

— Michel Tricot, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Moving Instagram to a bigger screen, then, is usually a route not to normalizing it in that new space but instead to severing ties with it altogether.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Originally developed for use in hospitals, the band releases a specific pattern of pulses to your wrist, normalizing the nerve messaging from the brain to the stomach to essentially tell the brain to turn off feelings of nausea and vomiting.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of normalizing

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Experts say the law formalizing the study of the Torah, Judaism’s foundational text, grants the state a legal basis from which to oppose the court’s opinions.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
The Indian economy is transforming as large parts of it are formalizing on the back of widespread adoption of digital technologies and changes in tax structure.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of formalizing

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Some research suggests breakfast skipping may be associated with greater hunger later in the day and difficulty regulating food intake, Wallach says.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 2 Aug. 2026
The temperature-regulating fabric, made from a blend of 65 percent cotton and 35 percent linen, is the perfect choice for any upcoming bridal or baby showers, picnics, or even as a cool swimsuit cover-up at the beach.

— Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

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Driven by blunt ideology rather than the reality of balancing harms, Font and Putnam-Hornstein advance a flawed and damaging premise that child safety requires normalizing and regularizing family separation.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
In her conversations with small-business owners, Higgins learned that some have been forced to reduce staff or lay off employees because several of their workers were TPS beneficiaries or were in the process of regularizing their paperwork.

— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of regularizing

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However, du Plessis identifies the crucial challenge of expanding beyond the South Asian diaspora, advocating for widespread visibility in American culture and integrating cricket into schools to foster new fans and local talent.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
In recent years and as online culture changed, Hilton toned down his public attacks and appeared to embrace fatherhood and adopt a kinder public persona, even integrating more family-friendly content on his site.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of integrating

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Various claims are made that since generative AI is based on statistically homogenizing human knowledge, the result will be that humans will follow suit.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The first book was published the same year as Serial debuted, kicking off our burgeoning obsession with true crime and our tendency to romanticize the male perpetrators while often homogenizing their overwhelmingly female victims into cautionary tales.

— Scarlett Harris, Time, 11 June 2026

Definition of homogenizing

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The three blazes, which collectively are being called the Spokane Complex Fire, have burned 5,390 acres and are 0% contained, according to a federal incident management team that is coordinating the response.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
Artificial intelligence is also anticipated to assist pilots by rapidly analyzing battlefield information, prioritizing threats, and coordinating missions with unmanned aircraft.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026

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