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
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
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
Envies are gone, and the measuring stick is: “Was he loved or was he hated? Is his death felt as a loss or does a kind of joy come of it?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
