benchmark
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Crucially, the oil benchmark would likely creep higher than global oil prices, which would discourage foreign buyers, depress exports and make more crude available to domestic markets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
At that time, Europe led the coal purchases, with global competition for the fuel causing a shortage that drove benchmark prices to new records.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Nasdaq, where SpaceX will trade, announced earlier this spring that it would speed up the timeframe for including such mega listings in its main benchmark index.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Delta’s stock fell 2.6% over five days as benchmark oil prices rose 2.5%, impacting jet fuel costs for airlines.
From Barron's • May 15, 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
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