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yardstick
noun
yard·stick ˈyärd-ˌstik 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Some feel that test scores aren't an adequate yardstick for judging a student's ability. Ratings are the yardstick by which TV shows are evaluated by networks.
Recent Examples on the Web And by that yardstick, housing still looked strong in June. 
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 July 2022 These days, the 10-percent rule has been supplanted by a more sophisticated yardstick called the acute-to-chronic workload ratio (ACWR). Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2020 If razzle-dazzle is the Ravinia set’s yardstick, however, Goodyear delivered on that front. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022 However, the aforementioned factors have made apparent the need for a new yardstick to assess AI's utility: trust. Sayandeb Banerjee, Forbes, 18 May 2022 One of the challenges the networks face in devising a new audience yardstick? Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 May 2022 If their record is a yardstick to go by, both will keep doing deals, with Pfizer in May announcing the $11.6 billion purchase of Biohaven. David Wainer, WSJ, 28 July 2022 And cost per click is not the yardstick that all brands should be using. Kiri Masters, Forbes, 6 May 2022 Thus, baryon acoustic oscillations can serve as a sort of yardstick that the team can use to measure other distances in its maps in search of deviations from standard cosmology, such as changes in the strength of dark energy. Ben Brubaker, Scientific American, 4 May 2022 See More
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 July 2022 These days, the 10-percent rule has been supplanted by a more sophisticated yardstick called the acute-to-chronic workload ratio (ACWR). Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 Apr. 2020 If razzle-dazzle is the Ravinia set’s yardstick, however, Goodyear delivered on that front. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022 However, the aforementioned factors have made apparent the need for a new yardstick to assess AI's utility: trust. Sayandeb Banerjee, Forbes, 18 May 2022 One of the challenges the networks face in devising a new audience yardstick? Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 May 2022 If their record is a yardstick to go by, both will keep doing deals, with Pfizer in May announcing the $11.6 billion purchase of Biohaven. David Wainer, WSJ, 28 July 2022 And cost per click is not the yardstick that all brands should be using. Kiri Masters, Forbes, 6 May 2022 Thus, baryon acoustic oscillations can serve as a sort of yardstick that the team can use to measure other distances in its maps in search of deviations from standard cosmology, such as changes in the strength of dark energy. Ben Brubaker, Scientific American, 4 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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