benchmark
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This is just an average benchmark, and every household needs to account for their unique expenses, job security and other circumstances.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
ETF issuers compete aggressively over benchmark selection, and investors increasingly pay attention to which indexes own the most influential companies shaping the future economy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
BYD’s shares closed 1.1% higher in Hong Kong on Friday, outpacing the benchmark stock index’s 0.7% gain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Brent crude prices for August delivery, the global benchmark, were last marked 1.9% lower on the session and hovering close to the $90 a barrel mark, the lowest since early March.
From Barron's • May 29, 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
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