gold standard
Noun
Meaning
a paragon of excellence
a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold
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academic education is the gold standard against which other educational activity is pejoratively judged
A 2018 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study — the gold standard — found no benefit from CBD on sleep in healthy volunteers.
And pop culture still treats them as the gold standard in villains.
After Western countries abandoned the gold standard, the Latvian lats was pegged to the British pound in September 1936.
An older insulin used for this purpose is ultralente, and beef ultralente in particular was considered for decades to be the gold standard of basal insulin.
And when it comes to the gamers and officials who make the final ratings call, it appears the gold standard for judging the appropriateness of sex is still that old Supreme Court chestnut: “I know it when I see it.”