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
Mayweather has held Pacquiao as a measuring stick since even before he won their “Fight of the Century” by unanimous decision in May 2015 in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 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
GB played their own powerplay in response and made full use of it, a furious double sweep by both Mouat and Dodds earning a decisive four points after some deliberation with the measuring stick.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 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
