How to Use gold standard in a Sentence
gold standard
noun-
There are many—and maybe plump ripeness isn’t the gold standard.
— Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2021 -
In the eyes of many, the Olympic Games and winning a gold medal is the gold standard in all of sports.
— Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 28 July 2021 -
It’s the biggest change in money since the end of the gold standard.
— Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Aug. 2021 -
Seven to nine hours for healthy adults is the gold standard.
— WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022 -
The 7,430-yard Gold Course is pretty much the gold standard here.
— Scott Kramer, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021 -
At the time, the B-52 bomber was the gold standard of aerial firepower.
— Brad Lendon, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022 -
But the gold standard of the seat-of-the-pants gardener is the volunteer seedling.
— Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 -
The gold standard draped in blue has won 23 of the last 28 against the Padres and a staggering nine series in a row.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022 -
The Porsche 911 has long served as the gold standard against which all other sports cars are judged.
— chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2021 -
For your down payment, 20% of the cost of the home is the gold standard but not always required.
— Deborah Acosta, WSJ, 14 May 2021 -
Still, the colonoscopy remains the gold standard for screening.
— Mary Jacobs, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2021 -
For Nike, the Jordan brand and its ties to Michael Jordan remain the gold standard.
— Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2022 -
Nathan Lewis is the author of three books about gold standard systems.
— Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 16 July 2023 -
The issue with using outliers as the gold standard is twofold.
— Grace Staberg, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2022 -
That program is still the gold standard OSU is striving for.
— Stephen Means, cleveland, 29 July 2021 -
The guidelines are meant to set a gold standard for the field of transgender health care, and this would be the first update since 2012.
— New York Times, 15 June 2022 -
The diagnostic gold standard is to culture it in a lab from a swab or to have a blood test.
— Amy Bennett Williams, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023 -
Not even the Soviet Union, which set the gold standard for decades, managed that.
— BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2021 -
The gold standard wasn’t perfect, but the fiat dollar has been even worse.
— William J. Luther and Alexander William Salter, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2021 -
Five states require four of them, and most states require at least one gold standard.
— Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 10 May 2023 -
Brushing your pet’s teeth though remains the gold standard for your pet’s mouth care.
— Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2022 -
The case might be someone who left the company five years ago and remains the gold standard.
— Cassie Werber, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2021 -
Experts say that kind of curriculum is the gold standard for what should be taught in schools.
— Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2022 -
Robert Caro’s biographies of LBJ are a true gold standard.
— Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023 -
His belief in the gold standard and fixed exchange rates, however, have not stood the test of time.
— WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021 -
The gold standard against whom all others are measured.
— BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021 -
Over the past few years, Vitamix has become the gold standard of blenders — and for good reason.
— Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 22 June 2021 -
Patek Philippe is often thought of as the gold standard in watchmaking.
— Vogue, 8 Aug. 2021 -
To this day, that Giants defense and those Giant teams remain the franchise’s gold standard.
— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024 -
There's a new report that was published by the Council on Criminal Justice and an eminent research group that does just gold standard work.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'gold standard.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: