yardstick

Example Sentences

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The result may not be the yardstick for England.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Judged by that yardstick, the administration has done well.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 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

A barrel of Brent, the global oil yardstick, is currently changing hands for around $63.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

At nine-tenths of the speed of light, for instance, a yardstick would only be 0.44 yards long, and a one-pound bag of sugar would weigh nearly 2.3 pounds—from a stationary observer's point of view.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife