benchmark

Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, rose by 2.5% on Monday.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The benchmark international crude contract, Brent North Sea, rose above $91 a barrel, its highest price since June 11.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Trading on the benchmark index has been halted seven times this year in a bid to calm panic selling after it fell by 8%.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The benchmark fell 1%, with only energy stocks up on the day, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slid 1.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

Another recent model launched by Beijing-based Z.AI, the GLM-5.2, outperformed several leading U.S. systems on some benchmarks, particularly in coding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In these independent benchmarks, external, Kimi K3 ranked first in web interface engineering, outperforming Anthropic's Fable system, external in blind human-preference tests.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

His mortgage lender has provided him several different rebuild benchmarks he must hit before he can receive any insurance money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The Balkan nation has even pinned part of its bid to join the European Union on reviving the site -- with environmental benchmarks required for membership closely tied to the salina's health.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

But O’Malley was confident that Richard would be able to meet the benchmarks she’d set.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater