as in criterion
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
this essay will be the yardstick by which I grade the others
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Recent Examples of yardstick
That is enough in principle, if enriched further, for six nuclear bombs, according to an IAEA yardstick.
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Reuters, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
The stock market no longer appears to be President Trump's go-to yardstick for success.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the Conference Board’s monthly optimism yardstick, finding the index rose 22% in May from April – the biggest jump since August 2022 and the 16th-largest one-month hike in its history dating to 2007.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 May 2025
Prices in March were up 2.3% from a year ago, according to the Fed's preferred inflation yardstick.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 May 2025
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Reuters, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
The stock market no longer appears to be President Trump's go-to yardstick for success.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Feb. 2025
My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the Conference Board’s monthly optimism yardstick, finding the index rose 22% in May from April – the biggest jump since August 2022 and the 16th-largest one-month hike in its history dating to 2007.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 May 2025
Prices in March were up 2.3% from a year ago, according to the Fed's preferred inflation yardstick.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yardstick
Noun
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But the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges — the longtime accreditor of Florida’s 40 public universities and colleges — is the only one of the seven southern accreditation agencies that mandate DEI criteria.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 July 2025
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Not so easy, but these four mostly meet the criteria.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Santa Cruz, for example, has a standard that developers can’t use vinyl windows.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
14 July 2025
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After years of watching my Galveston patients suffer and die from treatable diseases, simply being able to offer this standard of care to Texas children, regardless of a family’s income, has been a profound relief.—
Rachel Pearson,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
Noun
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In June, state economists announced those benchmarks won’t be hit.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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The 10,000-step benchmark started as a marketing strategy for a 1960s Japanese pedometer, not a medical recommendation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Noun
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One year later, the Secret Service released a public update outlining 37 reform measures in response to those findings.—
ByDonald J. Mihalek,
ABC News,
13 July 2025
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Feedback from countless measures provided the intelligence to refine and invent, not just correct and adjust.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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“Yardstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yardstick. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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