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UK
/tˈʌtʃstəʊn/
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[ US /ˈtətʃˌstoʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈtətʃˌstoʊn/ ]
NOUN
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a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
they set the measure for all subsequent work
the schools comply with federal standards
How To Use touchstone In A Sentence
- Touchstone was looking out at his capital as Sam came in, watching the lights come on. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
- But "Le corbeau" still was a touchstone for the young François Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol has drawn on Clouzot's mordant critiques of bourgeois society. A French Director Ripe for Rediscovery
- The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.
- Vegas has been a touchstone for a while of squalid stupid behavior, and the “what happens in Vegas” catch-phrase/marketing gimmick is definitely one of those things that has national saturation. THE HANGOVER Unrated Blu-ray Review – Collider.com
- Our writings serve as the academy's benchmarks, the ethical touchstones for the noblest of professions.
- Ridley's treatment of the role of inheritance in the determination of intelligence and, more generally, of personality, will be for many readers the touchstone by which his book is judged.
- It lacks the note of inevitableness which is the final touchstone of tragic greatness. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4
- It is about whether originalism is the only touchstone of legitimate constitutional interpretation.
- For conservatives, there can be no compromise on an issue that has become the touchstone of orthodoxy. Times, Sunday Times
- Love is the touchstone of virtue.
