benchmark
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However, analysts consider it unlikely that there is a return to the 2022 price peaks -- when the European benchmark contract TTF briefly exceeded 300 euros per megawatt-hour.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Scholarship Prep South Bay, a Wilmington charter school, touts a rare benchmark of success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Shares of the Thai mobile network service provider have declined around 8% since its 2Q results, underperforming the benchmark SET Index’s roughly 2% drop, the analyst notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The early moves took both the U.S. benchmark and the international benchmark to their highest levels since July 23.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 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
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In each case that translates into higher rates throughout the financial system, since banks will demand higher returns for all sorts of lending compared to these risk-free benchmarks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The new salaries announced Tuesday act as benchmarks rather than set amounts, Chan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“AI takes risk, recommends a narrow set of assets, focuses on specific industries, and does not appear to exhibit better performance” than passive benchmarks, researchers wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In “Succession,” the unfathomably rich Roy children are trying and failing to reach the benchmarks set by their father.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
When it’s a criminal case, the plan contains measurable benchmarks.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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