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
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
Every child knows that the ground beneath our feet is the source of food, fuel, and precious stones; the measuring stick of empires charted by expanding and contracting lines on a map.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025
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
