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benchmark

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


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Sandisk jumped 12% last Monday, when Nasdaq said it would be joining the benchmark tech index.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

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

"We need to set a benchmark, otherwise we're just going to continue to see this decline with hugely unmanageable, unsafe caseloads which are impossible for health visitors to work within," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The federal-funds rate is the formal name for the Fed’s benchmark interest rate.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 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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