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How to pronounce yardstick in American English
“yardstick” pronunciation by American speakers
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And now that yardstick has gone totally wrong.
USGS
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else is measuring the length of the room with a yardstick.
CDC
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take last year as a yardstick, last year alone was $206 billion.
GAO
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