benchmark
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Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose 1.9% to $97.81 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Still, if Marvell stock keeps going the way it has, sooner or later it seems inevitable it will join the U.S.’s benchmark of its biggest companies.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Uranium is relatively less volatile and condensed early in the process, making it a useful benchmark.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
This is just an average benchmark, and every household needs to account for their unique expenses, job security and other circumstances.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 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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