as in criterion
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
according to the usual metrics by which we judge fiction, this novel is an utter failure
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Recent Examples of metric
This metric, Google says, shows that open web advertising could be imploding while the web is healthy and thriving.
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Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2025
By making presence, vulnerability and collaboration core metrics, organizations can turn human moments into their greatest competitive advantage.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Performance metrics demonstrate success across categories.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
But Castellanos’ defensive metrics, which rank among the worst in the sport, along with a slide on offense over the past month, have made things untenable.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2025
By making presence, vulnerability and collaboration core metrics, organizations can turn human moments into their greatest competitive advantage.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Performance metrics demonstrate success across categories.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
But Castellanos’ defensive metrics, which rank among the worst in the sport, along with a slide on offense over the past month, have made things untenable.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for metric
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metric
Noun
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To maintain comparability, the weights assigned to these criteria have been held constant.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In ants, hair is one of the criteria that helps differentiate species.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Since many of Yiwu's products don't meet EU compliance standards, that limits how much businesses can sell to Europe, Monga said.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Roads, bridges, power grids, and water systems fueled industrialization and lifted living standards.—
Maurice Obeid,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fund’s performance in the first seven months of the year — the most recent Boston Partners has made available on its performance — has comfortably outperformed that of the MSCI World Index, which its management team uses as a comparative benchmark index.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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For Unitree, the G1 represents an attempt to rival the achievements of Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, long considered the benchmark for agile, dynamic humanoid robots.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Demand-side measures are the right approach.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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In a 2013 survey of criminologists, public health scholars, and legal academics, an assault weapons ban was ranked the single most effective measure among 20 policy options for reducing mass shootings.—
John J. Donohue,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Metric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metric. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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