Synonyms for benchmark
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1. benchmarknoun

   a standard by which something can be measured or judged

   "his painting sets the benchmark of quality"

   Synonyms:
   bench mark

2. benchmark, bench marknoun

   a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

   Synonyms:
   bench mark

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1. • Reference Point
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1. List of paraphrases for "benchmark":

   reference, benchmarks, baseline, criterion, benchmarking, footnote, yardstick, parameter, milestone, landmark, compare, base, marker

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How to use benchmark in a sentence?

1. Kevin Johnson:

   It feels good, fifty is a big benchmark in this league, but now we want to get to 60.

2. Jennifer Allen:

   World War I was a benchmark, which is particularly relevant because it was followed by the 1918 flu pandemic.

3. Tom Roseen:

   I guess investors shrugged off the news about the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield closing above 3 percent for the first time since December 27, 2013, and focused on the economics and strong first-quarter earnings season so far.

4. Xing Zhaopeng:

   The medium-term lending facility (MLF) rate and Loan Prime Rate (LPR) will be cut at the same pace this month. We believe this cut is a signal to urge all loans to refer LPR as the benchmark so that the PBOC can improve the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission.

5. Scott Shelton:

   It's a better contract than a few ago, when its relevance as an oil pricing benchmark was questionable with the bulk of U.S. crude production trapped in the Midwest without adequate delivery, now with all the pipeline extensions and removal of transportation bottlenecks, the contract is a lot more efficient in delivery and should get a higher weighting compared to other crude grades out there.