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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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Recent Examples of benchmarks
The authors recommended that the US government and its commercial and international partners establish benchmarks for interpreting hostile behavior in space.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
The benchmarks that matter for this argument are the security ones.
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Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Reger was, at the time of the presentation, healthcare benchmarks initiative director for the state Office of Health Strategy (OHS dissolved as of the close of business on June 25.
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Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
The synthetic benchmarks tell a nuanced story.
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Florence Ion,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
To put this in perspective, neither DeSantis nor his 2018 rival, Adam Putnam, would have met the Byron Donalds benchmarks at this stage in their race.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Administrators plan to fulfill these benchmarks by organizing a collaborative network that shares resources among public university systems, private technology corporations, and the existing network of national laboratories.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
While both benchmarks have retreated from the highs of the Iran crisis, crude remains much higher than pre-war levels.
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Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The three benchmarks Recursive used involve training a small language model, improving AI training speed, and optimizing a GPU kernel, the tiny mathematical steps that a GPU has to perform to train or run an AI model.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
The benchmarks that matter for this argument are the security ones.
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Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Reger was, at the time of the presentation, healthcare benchmarks initiative director for the state Office of Health Strategy (OHS dissolved as of the close of business on June 25.
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Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
The synthetic benchmarks tell a nuanced story.
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Florence Ion,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2026
To put this in perspective, neither DeSantis nor his 2018 rival, Adam Putnam, would have met the Byron Donalds benchmarks at this stage in their race.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Administrators plan to fulfill these benchmarks by organizing a collaborative network that shares resources among public university systems, private technology corporations, and the existing network of national laboratories.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
While both benchmarks have retreated from the highs of the Iran crisis, crude remains much higher than pre-war levels.
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Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The three benchmarks Recursive used involve training a small language model, improving AI training speed, and optimizing a GPU kernel, the tiny mathematical steps that a GPU has to perform to train or run an AI model.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benchmarks
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The next step in the process involves the city drafting a redevelopment plan outlining development standards before holding public hearings and seeking additional approvals.
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If an employer chooses to grant recognition, no election takes place, and the parties begin bargaining a contract that sets standards for wages, working conditions and benefits.
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Critics say the test rewards the smallest slice of the problem while ignoring Scope 3, the 80% to 95% of a producer's emissions that come from burning its fuel, and note the criteria echo the oil industry's own lobbying.
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There are no particular criteria and it’s essentially all decided by whoever is chair of the AELTC at the time, which has been Debbie Jevans since 2023.
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This year also highlighted a change in how creator value is measured; traditional metrics like followers and views are diminishing in importance.
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The city also collected no other performance metrics because the pilot was meant to test the robot before any expansion.
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“Benchmarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benchmarks. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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