Usage examples for standard
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If we wanted any special books, he said, we might ask him, and he could generally get them from the London Library; but that we should find a good many books of reference and standard works in the library. – Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson
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" I saw your jolly address in the Standard," he said to Magnet. – Marriage by H. G. Wells
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Judged by an ordinary standard, those women had been angels of mercy. – The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett