yardstick

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Ubisoft forecast Wednesday "net bookings", its preferred revenue yardstick, of 250 million euros for the first quarter of its 2026-27 financial year, well short of the 285.5 million expected among analysts quoted by Bloomberg.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

It produces a result that is nearly a full percentage point lower than the Fed’s currently preferred yardstick.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Vitinha has already been mentioned several times in this column because he happens to be the yardstick for the best midfielders on the continent.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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

The next step is to use that yardstick to divide each of the two lines into equal segments.

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