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mark

[mahrk] / mɑrk /


NOUN
criterion, standard
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NOUN
goal, target
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Germany’s output fell nearly 6% to 79.2 million hectoliters, or about 2.1 billion gallons — a mark below 80 million hectoliters for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

From March's disappointment over missing out on the World Cup, to June's dalliance with Burnley, it has been a testing time for a head coach still trying to make his mark with his country.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Giant magnetofossils mark a key step in tracing how animals evolved basic bacterial magnetoreception into highly-specialized, GPS-like navigation systems," Harrison said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The report also noted that the company’s planned expansion of a Philippines plant would mark its first meaningful investment in hard disk drives in half a decade.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

She pulled it back, and Boaz could practically feel her gaze on the bite mark Clara had left behind.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The film marks a departure for Gilroy, who cut his teeth writing action movies like the "Bourne" films and legal thrillers like "Michael Clayton."

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

It marks a win for the U.S. plane maker after years of crises, including two fatal crashes and concerns over the quality of the work performed at its factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Its ultimate collapse marks "the latest transformation of the park's remote and rugged coastline".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

It marks an innovative yet controversial attempt to slow the decline of local journalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Miss Collins, the schoolteacher, gave it to me on the last day of school for getting the best marks in geography.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Even if you see that one seller marked up their ticket price considerably, don’t assume they are going to be able to sell it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

The next few years will be marked by BMW’s ability to deliver financial targets in a rapidly evolving automotive market, but the company is tackling all the right strategic topics to improve overall performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The first session was marked by drivers commenting on the high level of tyre degradation caused by the abrasive surface, and Russell in particular noticed this was high on the Mercedes.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The past few days of Pike’s life were marked by a seesaw of court decisions as her lawyers tried every angle to save her life.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

She hummed as she measured and marked her charts, and she sang so loudly when she climbed Lookout Palm to check for sails that a seagull dropped his fish.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen picks up 450,000 shares, marking his second consecutive week of multimillion-dollar purchases.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

That’s likely because Asco’s early performances, as the art historian and curator C. Ondine Chavoya points out in the film, emphasized procession, mobility, mobilization and occupation, marking sites of political violence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tesla sold 497,000 EVs in the third quarter of 2025, marking its second-best performance ever on that metric.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Even though he got mostly B’s in the quarterly marking periods, according to his transcript, he failed the final.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The girl sat at her dressing table, a much-handled clothbound score open on her knees, marking here and there with a ballpoint pen.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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