yardstick

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Distributed to paid-in capital, or DPI, measures actual cash returned to fund investors and has become a yardstick for comparing the performance of asset managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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

Mr. Alums slammed the yardstick on his desk and the class got real, real quiet.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis