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

Warsh has a preferred way to measure inflation that produces a result nearly a full percentage point lower than the Fed’s currently preferred yardstick.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The result may not be the yardstick for England.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Shakespeare was still the yardstick by which any actor proved himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

We may say, therefore, that it is the yardstick of artistic greatness or importance.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson