His painting sets the benchmark of quality.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

If sea levels rise, the benchmark is their levels now.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism] Reference

If inflation rises, the benchmark is its level now.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism] Reference

The benchmark is set by Tinker v. Des Moines Indep.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Abortion is Homicide” Sweatshirt:] Reference

Whether anyone pays attention to the benchmark is something else.    From Wordnik.com.  [A look at lives lost as U.S. deaths in Iraq near 4,000] Reference

We recently surpassed the 500-title benchmark of feature films available on DVD.    From Wordnik.com.  [AVN Industry News] Reference

The waiting benchmark is a complex idea, and I'll be interested to see how it plays out.    From Wordnik.com.  [the wait] Reference

The Fed's short-term benchmark interest rate was also set to zero and could not be lowered further.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy Bulletin -] Reference

A good benchmark is a straightness tolerance of .003 inch or less and weight variance of 3 grains or less.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Target: The Right Arrows, Tuned-In, Make for Straighter Shots] Reference

The metal made up the ground it lost earlier after a rise in Chinese benchmark rates pressured commodities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reuters: Top News] Reference

He receives that licentiate of benchmark is woman of distrust of history, conversely more prominent of a ….    From Wordnik.com.  [Literacy News – 895th Edition « News « Literacy News] Reference

The ECB was the last of the three major central banks to leave its short term benchmark rate unchanged today.    From Wordnik.com.  [FXstreet.com] Reference

As you put it, if the benchmark is self-governance, stability, security - we had a decent shot at that in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Del. Senate Race Puts State At Political 'Epicenter'] Reference

And really, whether they are "accepted" as a useful benchmark is irrelevant to the "truth" of their "benchmarkness.".    From Wordnik.com.  ["Worst Practices" in Studying Colleges/Universities] Reference

Mr. Jacobs said the first index will act as a long-term benchmark to measure the effectiveness of the TARP and other programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nasdaq Plans to Track Firms Getting Bailout] Reference

Your benchmark was the opening price of the upward gap.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Another benchmark could be the age when they corrupt children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whispering Inn] Reference

I mean, this word benchmark has been used over and over and over.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 1, 2007] Reference

But their benchmark was a currency-hedged version of the S&P 500.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

As a benchmark, that is a noteworthy percentage of visitors to leads.    From Wordnik.com.  [HubSpot's Inbound Internet Marketing Blog] Reference

It's a benchmark, which is probably what they intended in the first place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colts.com Football News] Reference

Security is better - if the benchmark is the worst years of the civil war.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

Another benchmark is our ostensible partners 'perspective on Agoa's success.    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

A benchmark is a standard of excellence against which other items are measured.    From Wordnik.com.  [They're Not Benchmarks] Reference

My benchmark was a little absurd; it was the day I was allowed to user super glue.    From Wordnik.com.  [And Far Away] Reference

I don't think 1\% in a benchmark will be a decision maker for me in any direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [News Tom's Hardware US] Reference

"We're very excited to see YouMail pass the 500 million calls benchmark," commented CEO.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference

"We are very excited to see YouMail pass the 500 million calls benchmark," commented CEO.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

The Iraqi government has no intention of signing any so called benchmark oil legislation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warner And Levin: Surge Producing "Measurable Results," But "We Are Not Optimistic"] Reference

The benchmark is a part of the federal mandate to test students in math, science and reading.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The so-called benchmark yield curve steepened to 252 basis points from 244 basis points Monday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traders Shift Away From Treasurys] Reference

The benchmark should be a nationwide standardization of policies on evidence collection and analysis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] Reference

PrimeCores is a new generation benchmark, that is based on a very fast prime number finding algorithm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warp2Search.net] Reference

Add Hi-C caps, SuperPipe and OCGenie to the list, and you've a board that might just break a benchmark or two.    From Wordnik.com.  [HEXUS.net : News] Reference

In 1923 Jabotinsky wrote The Iron Wall, which could be called a benchmark essay for the entire Zionist movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free] Reference

I created a modified view script called benchmark that works in two modes; when invoked from the browser it writes the.    From Wordnik.com.  [TWiki.Codev] Reference