benchmark
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Second, people compare their performance to the wrong benchmark.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The 10-year gilt is the benchmark for government bonds, while the two and five-year gilts have an influence on fixed-rate mortgage rates of the same time frame.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
U.S. natural gas futures posted their sharpest gain in two months with a mixed weather outlook and U.S.-Iran tensions lifting benchmark European prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Yardeni also thinks the benchmark will hit 10,000 by the end of 2029, adding in a note published Sunday that such an elevated reading might “arrive ahead of schedule” in the new market paradigm.
From Barron's • May 11, 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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This Week In Words: August 15–21, 2020
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 13
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