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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Recent Examples of benchmark
In September, the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Programs released a 103-page draft self-study report outlining Columbia’s compliance with accreditation benchmarks.
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Hanna Park, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
This approach has seen AI shatter previous benchmarks in programming and scientific reasoning.
—Harry Booth, Time, 3 June 2025
Officials have often shaken this number off as arbitrary, but agree military spending needs to surge from the 2 percent benchmark of the last decade, and quickly.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
His ability to integrate advanced technologies while ensuring regulatory compliance has established important benchmarks within the organization and the industry.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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Hanna Park, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
This approach has seen AI shatter previous benchmarks in programming and scientific reasoning.
—Harry Booth, Time, 3 June 2025
Officials have often shaken this number off as arbitrary, but agree military spending needs to surge from the 2 percent benchmark of the last decade, and quickly.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
His ability to integrate advanced technologies while ensuring regulatory compliance has established important benchmarks within the organization and the industry.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benchmark
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Who Will Win Gypsy, which puts a new spin on a Broadway standard with a Black family at the center, will win over the also-excellent (and favored by many others) Sunset Blvd.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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In response, Taiwan's hospitals are taking decisive action by integrating artificial intelligence and robotics to support their staff and maintain high standards of patient care.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Washington State Patrol issued an Endangered Missing Person Alert (EMPA) alert for the girls on May 31 after authorities found criteria wasn't met for an Amber Alert.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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Crucially, what matters—the criteria for selection, on which continued evolution depends—also changes, plotting a wholly novel course.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025
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“Benchmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benchmark. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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