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
Karolyi briefly became the national team coordinator for the USA Gymnastics women’s elite program in 1999 and incorporated a semi-centralized system that eventually turned the Americans into the sport’s gold standard.
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
The escitalopram group received what is considered the current ‘gold standard’ treatment for depression: drug therapy combined with psychotherapy.
—New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2024
Who said a team couldn’t lose more games than Stengel’s illustrious ’62 Mets (40-120), the longtime gold standard for futility?
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Radiohead remains a perennial gold standard for festival bookings, though.
—Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
The escitalopram group received what is considered the current ‘gold standard’ treatment for depression: drug therapy combined with psychotherapy.
—New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2024
Who said a team couldn’t lose more games than Stengel’s illustrious ’62 Mets (40-120), the longtime gold standard for futility?
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Radiohead remains a perennial gold standard for festival bookings, though.
—Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gold standard
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Establish clear policies that comply with accounting standards, and document them meticulously.Ivan Lunegov, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Companies pay a fee for their products to be analyzed by the Clean Label Project, which offers them a certification if standards are met.Korin Miller, Health, 14 Jan. 2025
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In 2021, Germany’s DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga were the first soccer league globally to incorporate mandatory environmental sustainability criteria into licensing for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2.Claire Poole, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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An additional 60,000 beds would be needed to cover the number of migrants, which would meet the criteria set out in the Laken Riley Act, the memo said.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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These wealth divides help explain why, between 2019 and 2021, according to the school finance indicators database, the Palo Alto Unified School District in California spent about $7,000 more per student than the minimum required to achieve national benchmark test scores.Tom Kemeny, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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Its premiere episode scored a 0.57 rating in the 25-54 demo and a 0.74 across women in the same bracket, more than doubling the benchmark over the previous six weeks, per Nielsen live+three day data.Peter White, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Gold standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gold%20standard. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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