yardstick

Example Sentences

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The result may not be the yardstick for England.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Oil prices have jumped since the start of the conflict, with Brent, the global yardstick, trading at around $89 a barrel, up from around $72 last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

And by any yardstick, from infant mortality to life expectancy, America occupies the cellar among peer countries, including several that many would consider to be inferior.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Judged by that yardstick, the administration has done well.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

In fact, no matter how tiny you make the bits, it is impossible to choose a common yardstick that will measure both the side and the diagonal perfectly: the diagonal is incommensurable with the side.

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