yardstick
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The tests were taken by a sample of teenagers in 91 countries and economies in 2025, and are seen as an important yardstick of how education systems are performing.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
The result may not be the yardstick for England.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Again, there’s no yardstick for that kind of thing.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
By the usual economic yardsticks — such as income, industry and technology — it looks fully developed, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank treat it that way.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
But it occurred to me—while watching people waiting for gas at Costco—that the usual yardsticks don’t apply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Based on yardsticks such as the price/earnings ratio and enterprise value to free cash flow, the valuation isn’t egregious.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
Since then, he has scored his and others’ predictions against those yardsticks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Cecil, the headwaiter, scanned up and down the yardsticks for somewhere to seat us.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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