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A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.

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Examples for "measure"
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However, the measure ran 4 per cent higher than a year earlier.
The Irish Times
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However, Steinmeier said the government had not yet decided on the measure.
The Irish Times
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Main outcome measure: Cardiac and stroke mortality were our main outcome measures.
Pubmed
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A crisis whose length and consequences no one can measure, said Besson.
Reuters
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The measure was first introduced into the 2014 EU tobacco products directive.
The Irish Times
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I'm not sure this is a particularly good standard for public debate.
The Irish Times
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It was standard market practice that went on for years, he said.
Reuters
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The standard would likely not take effect for several years, Seidman said.
Reuters
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Objectives: Escherichia coli is the standard water quality indicator for diarrhoea risk.
Pubmed
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However, no significant difference in the patients with standard risk was found.
Pubmed
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Excessive greenhouse gas emissions became a criterion for exclusion four years ago.
Reuters
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In those days, the main criterion was whether the patient could pay.
The Guardian
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Perceptual decisions require the accumulation of sensory information to a response criterion.
Pubmed
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A senior government source said: We know what companies' investment criteria is.
The Guardian
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Perhaps, however, we need to think about the critical criteria we use.
The Guardian
Ús de touchstone en anglès
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The disengaging of the erotic motive is everything, is the only touchstone.
A Christmas Garland
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The Tories look to our conduct upon this question as the touchstone.
A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II
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We have in our own hearts a new touchstone of poetic greatness.
Aspects of Literature
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There could be no better touchstone in such a matter than Butterwell.
The Small House at Allington
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The keen disappointment Edna hides within her domestic tranquility is a touchstone.
The Guardian
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But let the fellow dispute as I do-there'sthe touchstone of learning.
Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, E...
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On Tuesday Novak Djokovic became the touchstone for a selection of grievances.
The Irish Times
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The touchstone of the Springs Preserve is the forward-thinking Desert Living Center.
BBC
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To be an idol at home, is no assured touchstone of merit.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
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At this touchstone rank, fortune, all that go with them, seemed poor.
A Little Journey in the World
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Adolf Hitler is always the obvious touchstone for forewarning of a similar future.
The South African
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The touchstone of time infallibly separates the false and the true.
American Men of Mind
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Naturally, the touchstone in us becomes finer and truer the better we are.
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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PUE has become the touchstone for measuring data center energy efficiency.
Wired
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She seemed to hold in her hand the touchstone of truth.
John Halifax, Gentleman
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The response to this must be the touchstone of their lives.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
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Touchstone a través del temps
Touchstone per variant geogràfica
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