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
Even when a looser definition (five or more ideal metrics) was implemented, rates remained low.
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New Atlas, 20 July 2025
Digital is also a different story; The Tonight Show has 32.7M subscribers on YouTube, Kimmel has 20.7M and The Late Show 9.96M, important metrics given the preponderance of viewers watching these shows the next day via clips.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Popular games have extensive training data publicly available, lack standardized performance evaluation metrics and permit brute-force methods involving billions of simulations.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Second, benchmark leadership in reasoning tasks (eg, ARC-AGI) is displacing raw parameter counts as the primary competitive metric.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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New Atlas, 20 July 2025
Digital is also a different story; The Tonight Show has 32.7M subscribers on YouTube, Kimmel has 20.7M and The Late Show 9.96M, important metrics given the preponderance of viewers watching these shows the next day via clips.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Popular games have extensive training data publicly available, lack standardized performance evaluation metrics and permit brute-force methods involving billions of simulations.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Second, benchmark leadership in reasoning tasks (eg, ARC-AGI) is displacing raw parameter counts as the primary competitive metric.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metric
Noun
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Germany’s Blue Card system, aligned with the EU framework, facilitates residency for highly qualified workers meeting salary thresholds and educational criteria.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The following criteria must be met to issue an AMBER Alert, according to the Department of Public Safety: A child under 18 was abducted.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Many such items require special permits and must meet strict health and safety standards.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Netflix offers customers three plans: standard with ads, standard and premium.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
25 July 2025
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In June, state economists announced those benchmarks won’t be hit.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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The 10,000-step benchmark started as a marketing strategy for a 1960s Japanese pedometer, not a medical recommendation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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The department first introduced the program earlier this summer as one of its measures to combat an uptick in crime across the city, particularly in the urban core.—
Cameron Knight,
The Enquirer,
26 July 2025
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These rules and measures must regulate the conduct of public and private operators within the States’ jurisdiction or control and be accompanied by effective enforcement and monitoring mechanisms to ensure their implementation.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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“Metric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metric. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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