RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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A standard used to judge the quality or validity of something.

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touchstone

Clarity became the touchstone for every revision.
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Reliability became the team's touchstone when judging later designs, so a beautiful model that failed repeatedly would not win their approval.
From Finishing the Model.
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