Crossword-Solution: YARDSTICKS
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| 36-inch rulers | 1 answer |
| They have three feet | 1 answer |
| They have three feet but no legs | 1 answer |
| Three-foot measuring tools | 1 answer |
| Standards of judgment | 3 answers |
| Criteria | 8 answers |
| Standards. | 13 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREEA
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greedy person
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Sentences with YARDSTICKS (5)
The tiny bubbling ripple of the spring and the gray flash of tree-squirrel were as yardsticks with which to measure the silence and motionless repose.
The narrow pupils of their eyes the centre of the universe, they image the universe in terms of themselves, of their meagre personalities make pitiful yardsticks with which to measure the high-bright souls, saying: “Thus long are all souls, and no longer; it is impossible that there should exist greater-statured souls than we are, and our gods know that we are great of stature.” * * * * * But all, or nearly all on the beach, forgave Ida Barton her suit and form when she took the water.
Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a moonlight night, followed by the father's curse, mother's moans, and the moral comments of neighbors, than correctness and propriety measured by yardsticks.
Economic yardsticks and benchmarks get distorted and do not allow for meaningful analysis of the performance of the economy.
Through the development of science the world has become so much smaller that we have had to discard the geographical yardsticks of the past.
Quotes with YARDSTICKS (3)
On the black earth on which the ice plants bloomed, hundreds of black stink bugs crawled. And many of them stuck their tails up in the air. "Look at all them stink bugs," Hazel remarked, grateful to the bugs for being there. "They're interesting," said Doc. "Well, what they got their asses up in the air for?" Doc rolled up his wool socks and put them in the rubber boots and from his pocket he brought out dry socks and a pair of thin moccasins. "I don't know why," he said. "I …
Fiction isn't bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function. We can't play football unless everyone believes in the same made-up rules, and we can't enjoy the benefits of markets and courts without similar make-believe stories. But the stories are just tools. They should not become our goals or yardsticks. When we forget that they are mere fiction, we lose touch with reality.
Honesty and integrity are the yardsticks by which we measure our intrinsic value.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1972–2024).