benchmark
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Oil prices finished lower on Friday, with U.S. and global benchmark crude contracts posting their worst weekly percentage losses in nearly six years, as talks loomed between the U.S. and Iran.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. oil benchmark, plunged 13.42% this week to $96.57 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The cautious outlook comes amid the S&P 500’s longest run of gains since last October, with the benchmark notching seven consecutive advances heading into the Friday session.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Earlier this year, Yann LeCun, previously Meta’s chief AI scientist, claimed that benchmark results for Llama 4 had been manipulated to inflate the model’s perceived performance against competitors.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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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