A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.
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Examples for "measure "
Examples for "measure "
1 However, the measure ran 4 per cent higher than a year earlier.
2 However, Steinmeier said the government had not yet decided on the measure .
3 Main outcome measure : Cardiac and stroke mortality were our main outcome measures.
4 A crisis whose length and consequences no one can measure , said Besson.
5 The measure was first introduced into the 2014 EU tobacco products directive.
1 I'm not sure this is a particularly good standard for public debate.
2 It was standard market practice that went on for years, he said.
3 The standard would likely not take effect for several years, Seidman said.
4 Objectives: Escherichia coli is the standard water quality indicator for diarrhoea risk.
5 However, no significant difference in the patients with standard risk was found.
1 Excessive greenhouse gas emissions became a criterion for exclusion four years ago.
2 In those days, the main criterion was whether the patient could pay.
3 Perceptual decisions require the accumulation of sensory information to a response criterion .
4 A senior government source said: We know what companies' investment criteria is.
5 Perhaps, however, we need to think about the critical criteria we use.
1 The disengaging of the erotic motive is everything, is the only touchstone .
2 The Tories look to our conduct upon this question as the touchstone .
3 We have in our own hearts a new touchstone of poetic greatness.
4 There could be no better touchstone in such a matter than Butterwell.
5 The keen disappointment Edna hides within her domestic tranquility is a touchstone .
6 But let the fellow dispute as I do-there'sthe touchstone of learning.
7 On Tuesday Novak Djokovic became the touchstone for a selection of grievances.
8 The touchstone of the Springs Preserve is the forward-thinking Desert Living Center.
9 To be an idol at home, is no assured touchstone of merit.
10 At this touchstone rank, fortune, all that go with them, seemed poor.
11 Adolf Hitler is always the obvious touchstone for forewarning of a similar future.
12 The touchstone of time infallibly separates the false and the true.
13 Naturally, the touchstone in us becomes finer and truer the better we are.
14 PUE has become the touchstone for measuring data center energy efficiency.
15 She seemed to hold in her hand the touchstone of truth.
16 The response to this must be the touchstone of their lives.
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