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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
benchmark
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Benchmark
01
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a standard or point of reference used to measure or compare something, often to assess quality or performance
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The team 's performance was assessed against industry benchmarks.
āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
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a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
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