yardstick
/ˈjɑːdstɪk/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈjɑːdstɪk/
yardstick
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- 2 syllables
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- Open ah vowel
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yar - dstick -> yardstick
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- ‘After tamping a few square feet, use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the tamped depth.’
- ‘You'll need a yardstick, masking tape, and a partner for this test.’
- ‘Hold for one second, record your measurement on the yardstick, sit back up and repeat twice more.’
- ‘Measure the size of the glass with a yardstick or folding rule.’
- ‘Tape measures may stretch, yardsticks may chip and rotary cutting mats may warp.’
- ‘Then use that as the yardstick to measure the entire piece and make the tough cuts that may need to be made.’
- ‘It won't happen in a Sauber, of course, but at least the team have a perfect yardstick with which to measure their car.’
- ‘Walking the grass with a yardstick, she said, he measured for infractions.’
- ‘Use a yardstick or steel tape measure, never a cloth tape measure.’
- ‘Next, using the yardstick as a guide, pencil as many straight lines as you need for your quote.’
- ‘She grew up in bohemian SoHo, the eldest of three children, and regularly cites her mother's little sayings as yardsticks by which she measures her unusual life.’
- ‘Wilson and Jungner's criteria are a yardstick against which a screening programme can be judged.’
- ‘It should be able to establish yardsticks by which to measure the quality and accountability of public services as well as a monitoring mechanism.’
- ‘Diversity is still measured by the yardstick developed by Russian scientist N I Vavilov half a century ago.’
- ‘Progress towards democracy and towards freedom of press are the standard Western yardsticks to judge how China is developing politically.’
- ‘Return on all assets or on all capital investment is not the only yardstick available in measuring the performance of a business.’
- ‘Its implication is that the only yardstick to measure commitment to community and industry is capital investment.’
- ‘So you'll know then not to use your own excruciatingly exacting standards as a yardstick for judging others this week, won't you?’
- ‘It could be overturned by Parliament, but at least parliament would have a yardstick to measure itself by.’
- ‘Spinoza is also right in his belief that truth is, in the end, our only yardstick, and that to live by any other standard is to be the victim of circumstance.’
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