the gold standard

noun

: a system in which a unit of money (such as the dollar) is equal to a particular amount of gold

The United States was still on the gold standard in the early 20th century.

: something that is considered to be the best and that is used to judge the quality or level of other, similar things

This car is the gold standard for luxury automobiles.

the gold standard of stylish resorts

Examples of the gold standard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But at Nvidia’s annual shareholder meeting last week, Huang made clear to investors that as rivals push to cut into Nvidia’s market share, Nvidia plans to innovate continue to be the gold standard in AI training chips. —

Bysharon Goldman, Fortune, 2 July 2024 Baker is a libertarian who likes talking about the gold standard. —

Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024 Pen-and-paper cognitive tests remain the most common diagnostic method; only 2 percent of patients undergo the gold standard test—lumbar puncture and PET brain scans. —

João Medeiros, WIRED, 24 June 2024 Other instalments feature historian Christopher Clark on antisemitism, geneticist Adam Rutherford on eugenics, and economist Helen Thompson on the gold standard. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for the gold standard

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