benchmark
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U.S. oil prices climbed 2.8% to settle at roughly $98 a barrel, while benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose to 4.411%, according to Tradeweb, from 4.364% the prior session.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
The closing price for the S&P 500 on Friday was an all-time high, which took the benchmark advance in May to just over 2.6%.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
U.S. stock-index futures ES00 YM00 NQ00 are little changed as benchmark Treasury yields BX:TMUBMUSD10Y rise.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
It’s a real benchmark of who these people are in society.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
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