BENCHMARKS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

benchmarks

noun

plural of benchmark

as in standards

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 Ohio pays nursing homes a daily rate for Medicaid residents and provides additional payments to facilities that meet certain quality benchmarks. —

Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026 How the stock trades in its first weeks will ripple across private markets, impacting valuation benchmarks for Anthropic and OpenAI, rearranging Silicon Valley’s implicit venture-fund hierarchies, and determining how much mainstream capital other space-tech companies can attract in SpaceX’s wake. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026 Separate asset-class teams fill each bucket and try to beat individual benchmarks. —

Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 June 2026 The company is also going to be fast-tracked into some major stock indexes , which will amp retail demand from passive funds tracking the Nasdaq 100 and the FTSE Russell benchmarks, among others. —

Tobias Burns, CNBC, 10 June 2026 Awards, magazine covers, historic benchmarks and a loyal fandom followed. —

Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 9 June 2026 Its value depends on a combination of its performance on various benchmarks, reliability, latency, context length, integration into business systems, and the skill of the operator. —

James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 Both policies tied school funding to standardized test performance, meaning that schools that failed to meet testing benchmarks were recommended for closure and charter conversion. —

Julia McWilliams, The Conversation, 4 June 2026 Without clear benchmarks, brands waste money on campaigns that might feel successful but don’t move the needle. —

Wyles Daniel june 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026

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Among other changes, the law requires health officials to inspect the Aurora facility at least every three months to ensure the detention center abides by safety standards related to food and water quality, confinement conditions and medical services.

— Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
The legislation clarifies the definition of data centers and allows the state Department of Environmental Quality to set the standards for data centers’ water usage, NC Newsline reported.

— Mary Ramsey Updated June 8, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026