yardstick

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The group expects both a "high single-digit percentage" fall in "net bookings", its preferred sales yardstick that excludes deferred revenues, and a "high single-digit negative" operating margin.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Book value, or shareholder equity, has been a good yardstick for Berkshire stock during Buffett’s tenure.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The result may not be the yardstick for England.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Shakespeare was still the yardstick by which any actor proved himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

However, without a common yardstick, it is impossible to express the two lines in a ratio.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife