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yardstick

[ yahrd-stik ]

noun

  1. a stick a yard long, commonly marked with subdivisions, used for measuring.
  2. any standard of measurement or judgment:

    Test scores are not the only yardstick of academic achievement.



yardstick

/ 藞箩蓱藧诲藢蝉迟瑟办 /

noun

  1. a measure or standard used for comparison

    on what kind of yardstick is he basing his criticism?

  2. a graduated stick, one yard long, used for measurement
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yardstick1

An Americanism dating back to 1810鈥20; yard 1 + stick 1
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The tests are widely considered the best available yardstick for measuring academic achievement across state lines, because testing programs adopted by each state can vary considerably.

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Down the status and stature yardstick are the shorter, stockier Mediterranean fan palm as well as the jelly palm, whose fruit lives up to the name.

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And Demi Moore became an Oscars frontrunner when she told women to 鈥減ut down the yardstick鈥 in her Golden Globes acceptance speech for "The Substance."

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This Eras Tour will be the yardstick against which the rest of her career will be measured - and her next move will be watched closely by fans and critics alike.

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It鈥檚 going to be a yardstick Sunday for Los Angeles NFL teams.

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