benchmark
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Brazil’s central bank cut its Selic benchmark lending rate to 14.5% from 14.75%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Bitcoin’s trading volume recently fell below $8 billion — its lowest level since October 2023, when the benchmark crypto was trading below $40,000, according to Glassnode data, as shown in the chart below.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, is currently trading at about $110 a barrel, compared with around $73 before the Iran war began.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
The Philadelphia Semiconductor index, a sector benchmark, has gained 40% from its March 30 trough.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Epic in scope, violence, and imagination, Deathstorm is a new benchmark in the fantasy genre and cements forever G. M. Pennington’s status as the American Tolkien.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Vocabulary lists containing benchmark
Born a Crime
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