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benchmark

noun as in reference point

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Hong Kong’s benchmark index even rose 3% as investors piled back in.

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Its share performance has easily eclipsed the benchmark S&P 500, which has roughly tripled in value during the past nine years.

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In benchmark tests Primer has published, its system has outperformed similar software created by Google and Facebook.

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The district also released a set of benchmarks that must be met before it will physically reopen.

We have a couple of ways to track overall brand performance, you can use these to help benchmark efforts over time.

Taxes are an obvious benchmark, since right now, employed teenagers are literally subjected to taxation without representation.

The age at which children can be tried in adult court varies from state to state, but most set the minimum benchmark at age 14.

He was a benchmark, a mentor as an artist and as a man, and I just loved him with all my heart.

Here's a key to understand the graph of accuracy: ●      Lab: The polysomnograph, the benchmark for the other three.

Using the three states with the lowest mortality rate as the benchmark, they determined where the system breakdown begins.

And that is a good benchmark for us: Federal spending should not rise any faster than the paychecks of American families.

They set a standard which has remained the benchmark of Virginia political ethics.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to benchmark, such as: criterion, gauge, standard, yardstick, measure, and touchstone.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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