yardstick

Example Sentences

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According to this yardstick, China’s economy now far exceeds the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The result may not be the yardstick for England.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

It now expects an operating loss of one billion euros and a fall in its preferred "net bookings" revenue yardstick to around 1.5 billion euros.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

By the yardstick of its own goals, the nation’s second-largest school system is likely to fall short by nearly every parameter — taking in sample measures of literacy, math and social emotional learning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

But everybody at our yardstick curtsied or bowed.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck