Collocations for yardstick - noun

good, reliable, useful
common
traditional
moral

have
We don't have a common yardstick by which to compare the two cases.

apply, use (sth as)
give sb, provide (sb with), serve as
measure sth against, measure sth by

against a yardstick
The new test provides a yardstick against which to measure children's learning.

by a yardstick
By any yardstick, that's a large amount of money.
The goal is to create a yardstick by which to measure the progress.

yardstick for
a yardstick for measuring growth

yardstick of
the yardstick of success