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benchmark

[bench-mahrk] / ˈbɛntʃˌmɑrk /
NOUN
reference point
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STRONGEST


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How, they ponder, can the Wall Street benchmark be even higher than it was before the Iran war started while the conflict is only on pause during the largest oil supply disruption in history?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

"In Indian metro systems, the integrated journey cost can consume 20% of income for lower-income workers, above the global benchmark of 10-15%," says Rane.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Mythos scored a 100% on Anthropic’s CyBench cybersecurity benchmark, demonstrating high skills in finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

The competing producers share pricing information with Expana, a service that uses sales data to compile a benchmark price used by the producers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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




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