yardstick

Example Sentences

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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

Housel: I want to use money as a tool to give the people I love a better life, and avoid using it as a yardstick for status.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Judged by that yardstick, the administration has done well.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Combining Leavitt’s cosmic yardstick with Vesto Slipher’s handy red shifts, Edwin Hubble now began to measure selected points in space with a fresh eye.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson