below the mark
Example Sentences
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The blue-chip average pared gains to close below the mark, but still finished at a record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
The first major stimulus bill, which was passed in March, provided cash payments of $1,200 to taxpayers who incomes equaled or fell below the mark of $75,000 per year.
From Salon • May 13, 2020
So anytime you fell below the mark, you would get written up and then they had this thing—it was like a sliding scale that depends on what everybody does in the building.
From Slate • Jul. 16, 2019
While Syracuse was below the mark, drawing an average of 3,200 fans over the three sessions, it's way above their season attendance.
From US News • Mar. 23, 2016
Where it came to rest on firm ground, and the mud reached a point below the mark, they stepped forward.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
