benchmark
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Hong Kong's gains were more muted, while Shanghai's main benchmark had lost 0.4 percent.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. oil benchmark, fell 17% during May.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
He then used the change in prediction-market implied probabilities of a normalization of Strait of Hormuz traffic to benchmark the moves in macro assets and estimate how much further markets could run.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Investments held by New York City’s five pension systems have exceeded expectations for 10 years running, earning 10% returns last year and 7.7% over the past decade, compared with a 7% benchmark.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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
Born a Crime
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