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benchmark

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

Immediately, stocks rose and the US benchmark price of oil - which had been climbing - fell sharply.

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

So much so that $200 million to $300 million has become the next benchmark.

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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