as in standards
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 metrics
This year also highlighted a change in how creator value is measured; traditional metrics like followers and views are diminishing in importance.
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Taylor Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The city also collected no other performance metrics because the pilot was meant to test the robot before any expansion.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
This internal data management system helps school administrators and other staff keep track of student performance across a variety of metrics.
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Sarah Scrogin,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
Taylor Reilly,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The city also collected no other performance metrics because the pilot was meant to test the robot before any expansion.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
This internal data management system helps school administrators and other staff keep track of student performance across a variety of metrics.
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Sarah Scrogin,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metrics
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The next step in the process involves the city drafting a redevelopment plan outlining development standards before holding public hearings and seeking additional approvals.
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If an employer chooses to grant recognition, no election takes place, and the parties begin bargaining a contract that sets standards for wages, working conditions and benefits.
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Critics say the test rewards the smallest slice of the problem while ignoring Scope 3, the 80% to 95% of a producer's emissions that come from burning its fuel, and note the criteria echo the oil industry's own lobbying.
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There are no particular criteria and it’s essentially all decided by whoever is chair of the AELTC at the time, which has been Debbie Jevans since 2023.
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The authors recommended that the US government and its commercial and international partners establish benchmarks for interpreting hostile behavior in space.
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The benchmarks that matter for this argument are the security ones.
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“Metrics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metrics. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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