baseline

[beys-lahyn] / ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn /

NOUN

basic standard or level

Synonyms

STRONGEST

control criterion guideline measure standard

STRONG

diagnostic touchstone

WEAK

basis example exemplar paradigm precedent threshold

Example Sentences

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With regard to the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability, the vice chair said his baseline is for the unemployment rate to hold steady throughout this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Delaware’s courts set the governance baseline for much of corporate America.

From Barron's

“This is a baseline figure, and arguably quite conservative,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“What the data show is that for many families, price increases in everyday necessities reset their baseline,” Primerica CEO Glenn Williams wrote in an email to MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

Rather than working off a percentage of gross salary, I’ve been using our take-home pay as a baseline, since that reflects what we actually spend now.

From MarketWatch