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mark

[mahrk] / mɑrk /


NOUN
criterion, standard
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The latest figures mark a significant milestone as China grapples with an ageing population that could have implications for families, pensions and healthcare spending, analysts say.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The 73-year-old Long Island native has made his mark on comedy with his work on shows such as “The Big Bang Theory,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Young Sheldon,” and more.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

After da Silva’s victory, the Brazilian real slid more than 10% against the U.S. dollar while the country’s benchmark stock index fell nearly 17%, which would mark a record daily loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Whether Bo Bryan eventually fulfills his lifelong dream of succeeding on the Georgia gridiron, he is likely to make a mark in business if his predecessors are a fair indication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

At the end of every month, for nearly two years, Burry had watched Wall Street traders mark his positions against him.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Weirton, W. Va., came in at No. 3 with high marks for quality of life, low retiree taxes, affordability and quality of life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The analysts who follow Amazon and Alphabet included the gains in their consensus “Street earnings” metrics, even though the valuation marks are volatile and unrelated to the companies’ core operating performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Second, it marks a solid finale for a genre largely relegated to streaming, because for some odd reason, film executives don’t understand how powerful a collective romantic experience outside your living room can be.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

This boundary marks the region in the disk surrounding the young Sun where temperatures were low enough for water vapor to freeze into ice.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

But the screechers had sharp curved claws on each front foot, and sometimes those left marks.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Some had marked the loans down to about 66 cents on the dollar, and they demanded Clearlake increase its investment in symplr first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Nigerian economist Bismarck Rewane called what Dangote has done a "democratisation of the economy", in a continent marked by stark inequality between the rich and poor.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

That marked a dramatic flip from the first round of voting on Oct.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

On a Tuesday morning in October, Samantha Matherne paced as she marked up on a white board explaining the philosophical underpinnings of Jane Austen’s “Emma,” with segues into Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Not long after, American bombers destroy the targets she marked for them.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

GDP is forecast to rise at a frothy annual rate of 3% to 4%, potentially marking the biggest spurt of growth in several years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

RSF has announced a solidarity football match for 11 November, marking Gleizes's 500th day in detention, as part of its campaign calling for his release.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

About $72 billion of the excluded losses arose from marking various liabilities, including convertible notes, to market values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Switzerland's glaciers lost more than 5% of their total ice volume in 2026, marking another devastating year for the country's rapidly shrinking glaciers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The word art is a way of marking something as worthy of our attention.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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