common yardstick

Frequency: 7.211.0 per million words

A standard that is shared or used by everyone in a group.

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  • We don't have a common yardstick by which to compare the two cases.
  • Establishing a common yardstick is crucial for fair assessment.
  • Without a common yardstick, performance evaluation becomes subjective.
  • The international community struggled to agree on a common yardstick for human rights.
  • All departments need to use a common yardstick to measure project success.
  • They proposed a common yardstick to standardize quality across the industry.
  • A common yardstick helps ensure consistency in grading student essays.
  • There was no common yardstick to evaluate the diverse cultural achievements.
  • To achieve comparability, we must adopt a common yardstick.
  • The lack of a common yardstick made objective comparisons impossible.