as in standard
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial
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Recent Examples of gold standard
The recent gold standard was Curb Your Enthusiasm, for which Larry David was nominated for several Emmys for playing himself.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The current gold standard is WPA3, which provides the strongest protection.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
This kind of service is quickly becoming a relic in New York City hotels, but staff at The Peninsula are determined to uphold a gold standard.
—Kenne Dibner, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Albert Pro remains Aetrex’s gold standard 3D scanner, at $2,995.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The current gold standard is WPA3, which provides the strongest protection.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
This kind of service is quickly becoming a relic in New York City hotels, but staff at The Peninsula are determined to uphold a gold standard.
—Kenne Dibner, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Albert Pro remains Aetrex’s gold standard 3D scanner, at $2,995.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold standard
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At the 2025 American Diabetes Association conference in July, Polsky presented several new updates to the organization’s standards for care during pregnancy.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Hegseth in September called for service members in combat roles to meet the highest male standards for physical fitness.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Prime and near-prime borrowers, who typically have good credit scores, are actually missing car payments at a faster rate than subprime consumers since lenders tightened financing criteria for the lowest-rung borrowers three years ago, the study found.—
Miguel Ambriz,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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After four months of treatment, 70% of the low-dose participants met the criteria, in comparison to 42% in the placebo.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Most cotton benchmarks decreased over the past month.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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My trading algorithm brings rules and discipline to options traders and is beating the benchmarks—see it in action here .—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Gold standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold%20standard. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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