gold standard
noun
1
: a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold and which is usually characterized by the coinage and circulation of gold, unrestricted convertibility of other money into gold, and the free export and import of gold for settling of international obligations
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Examples of gold standard in a Sentence
the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial
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Fibre Internet is the high-speed Internet gold standard Canadians now demand, and the CRTC's indifference to that reality has led to most small ISP players being edged out or absorbed by telecom giants over the last few years.
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Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023
Half of the patients were treated with chemoradiation -- the current gold standard for treatment, researchers said.
—Dr. Daniel A. Carnegie, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
The star was announced in September as the first to receive the ICE (or Imperial Crown of Excellence) Medal of Honor known as the Ella Fitzgerald gold standard award.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
The Washington Post’s Michelle Singletary is my gold standard go-to for tips on that.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
Pattern has created a gold standard and allowed the market to expand.
—Bethany Heitman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
The current gold standard test—only conducted in specialized allergy clinics—involves pricking the skin and injecting a small amount of penicillin.
—Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
What people generally do now is go to TikTok, build the audience and then try and convert those people to YouTube subscribers, because YouTube is always a gold standard.
—Rachel Seo, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
Last week, new simulations from two groups reported that a rising class of quantum error-correcting codes is more efficient by an order of magnitude than the current gold standard, known as the surface code.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
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Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2023
Half of the patients were treated with chemoradiation -- the current gold standard for treatment, researchers said.
—Dr. Daniel A. Carnegie, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
The star was announced in September as the first to receive the ICE (or Imperial Crown of Excellence) Medal of Honor known as the Ella Fitzgerald gold standard award.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
The Washington Post’s Michelle Singletary is my gold standard go-to for tips on that.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
Pattern has created a gold standard and allowed the market to expand.
—Bethany Heitman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
The current gold standard test—only conducted in specialized allergy clinics—involves pricking the skin and injecting a small amount of penicillin.
—Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
What people generally do now is go to TikTok, build the audience and then try and convert those people to YouTube subscribers, because YouTube is always a gold standard.
—Rachel Seo, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
Last week, new simulations from two groups reported that a rising class of quantum error-correcting codes is more efficient by an order of magnitude than the current gold standard, known as the surface code.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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