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bench mark

Finally, evaluation takes place as criteria in the form of objectives provide a 'bench mark' against which to assess performance.

California chardonnay is the bench mark by which Americans seem to judge most other white wines.

The show remains the bench mark against which other chat shows are measured.

Some parents use age as their guide, others use the bench mark of when was it last played with.

Larry Oliver's oscar acceptance will always be the bench mark.

The peak, some three hundred feet above sea level, according to the bench mark, had a certain magic about it.

A bench mark of "1142 m" was recorded on the summit stone.

On the outside of the building is a bench mark which records the pub's precise location.

America, for better or worse, is a place where a television sitcom can become a cultural and commercial bench mark.

I wonder what kind of bench marks i could get?