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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
benchmark
/ˈbɛntʃmɑːk/
noun
A standard used to measure how good something is.
- “The test score became the benchmark for the whole region.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))