-METRICS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

metrics

noun

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plural of metric

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 Some recall Ternus being able to cite plastic material measurements, drop-test physics equations, or weight metrics for various products—on the spot. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Wolfe Research uses an Earnings Quality (EQ) score, a proprietary measure that factors in seven financial ratios, along with sentiment and valuation metrics. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Yet the company excluded the majority of those harms from its public reports, designing its metrics so that many of the worst encounters were never captured. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 By the administration’s metrics, the top performers include the Baltic states—tiny countries with tiny economies. — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 Boone even said a few windy days at the Athletics’ minor league ballpark in Sacramento, a nightmare venue for outfielders, contributed to Grisham’s poor metrics. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 Earth’s moon—which also has the advantage of being 50 percent larger than Pluto and of having volcanoes that once spewed actual lava instead of mere water—fully deserves planethood by these very same metrics. — Mike Brown, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2026 Changing the public view count just pushes those metrics further behind the curtain. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026

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By North Carolina’s historical standards, the answer should be no, but the bar has been lowered so much that a trip to a bottom-tier bowl feels like a victory.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Though the enrollment trend can be stabilizing to its balance sheet, the district is still performing well by state standards.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of standards

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His greater concern is whether the field is tracking the benchmarks and measures that matter in clinical care delivery.

— Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Waymo’s own analysis compares its autonomous-driving performance with human-driver benchmarks over equivalent distances in the same operating areas.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

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