measuring stick
Example Sentences
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Until Ted benches her, however, she is a device, a measuring stick against which Ted and Rebecca stack their values.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
It’s fun to match up with them in the regular season … kind of a measuring stick of where we’re at and kind of what we need to do to be better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
Another tap-in birdie on the par-five 16th put more daylight between him and the pack, before a putt from the other end of the measuring stick put victory within touching distance.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Thus the next several days were to be spent using a plumb line and a measuring stick to obtain the relative positions of all atoms in a single nucleotide.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
