measuring stick
Example Sentences
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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
Mayweather has held Pacquiao as a measuring stick since even before he won their “Fight of the Century” by unanimous decision in May 2015 in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Similarly, the dispute would shave no more than a few tenths off gross domestic product, the official measuring stick of the economy, they estimate.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
Envies are gone, and the measuring stick is: “Was he loved or was he hated? Is his death felt as a loss or does a kind of joy come of it?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
