as in standard
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
this prize-winning biography will be the benchmark against which all others will be judged in future years
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The benchmark is about 16 percent below its closing high in mid-February, as rounds of selling have pulled the index closer to a bear market, a Wall Street term for when a stock index falls 20 percent from its last peak.
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Danielle Kaye, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The median home price is a benchmark for how much a U.S. home costs, which is largely driven by the gap between housing supply and homebuyer demand.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
For programming tasks, o3 reached 69.1 percent accuracy on SWE-Bench Verified, a popular programming benchmark.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
In Europe, the region’s benchmark STOXX 600 index fell 3.5%.
—John Towfighi, David Goldman and Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
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Danielle Kaye, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
The median home price is a benchmark for how much a U.S. home costs, which is largely driven by the gap between housing supply and homebuyer demand.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
For programming tasks, o3 reached 69.1 percent accuracy on SWE-Bench Verified, a popular programming benchmark.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
In Europe, the region’s benchmark STOXX 600 index fell 3.5%.
—John Towfighi, David Goldman and Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Benchmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benchmark. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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