measuring stick

Example Sentences

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The ultimate aim of Best Companies for the Future is to offer a useful measuring stick, not a crystal ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Another tap-in birdie on the par-five 16th put more daylight between him and the pack, before a putt from the other end of the measuring stick put victory within touching distance.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

It is the playbook we’ve all become familiar with—sizing up the ethical makeup of our fellow man by using the worst thing they’ve ever said as the measuring stick.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Similarly, the dispute would shave no more than a few tenths off gross domestic product, the official measuring stick of the economy, they estimate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

There was a line running clean ’cross his forehead that was so straight it looked like someone had took a measuring stick then cut along it with a knife.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis