benchmark
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The AI company wants to anchor a market valuation to signal its worth and provide a benchmark for employees’ stock grants to help retain top talent, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Brent crude prices, the global benchmark, have surged more than 35% over the past three months, and were last changing hands at $111.25 a barrel.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Brent crude was hovering near $110 per barrel when the market closed, while the domestic benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, was around $103 per barrel.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The Fed decided at its policy meeting last week to keep its benchmark rate steady.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 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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