benchmark
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Delta’s stock fell 2.6% over five days as benchmark oil prices rose 2.5%, impacting jet fuel costs for airlines.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Treasury note—a benchmark for borrowing costs across the economy—settled at 4.595%, its highest closing level since February 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Fed-funds futures and the bond markets are increasingly pricing in the possibility that the Fed won’t cut its benchmark interest rate in 2026 — and that policymakers may even be considering a rate hike.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The price of global oil benchmark Brent crude surged on Friday morning to over $109 a barrel, up from $105.72 on Thursday.
From BBC • May 15, 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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This Week In Words: August 15–21, 2020
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 13
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