Crossword-Solution: BENCHMARK
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| Clue | Answers |
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| criterion by which to measure something | 1 answer |
| Surveyor's sign on a permanent landmark. | 1 answer |
| Surveyor's reference | 1 answer |
| *Profit margin on a piece of furniture? | 1 answer |
| Dirt on a long seat? | 1 answer |
| Don't let Harmon play? | 1 answer |
| Test standard | 2 answers |
| Point of reference | 3 answers |
| Standard of excellence | 3 answers |
| Reference point | 4 answers |
| touchstone | 7 answers |
| Yardstick | 10 answers |
| criterion | 25 answers |
| Gauge | 55 answers |
| Standard | 66 answers |
| COUNTER ___ | 77 answers |
| Level | 100 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AERA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with BENCHMARK (5)
More recently, the h infix has become an expected feature of benchmark names (Dhrystone, Rhealstone, etc.); this is prob.
The NBS is a veritable techno- logical benchmark to which everyone agrees, if for no other reason than convenience.
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More recently, the h infix has become an expected feature of benchmark names (Dhrystone, Rhealstone, etc.); this is probably patterning on the original Whetstone (the name of a laboratory) but influenced by the fannish/counterculture h infix.
People who make a hobby of this are sometimes called "overclockers"; they are thrilled that they can run their 450MHz CPU at 500MHz, even though they can only tell the difference by running a benchmark program.
Quotes with BENCHMARK (3)
There's no benchmark for how life's "supposed" to happen. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, it's up to you how you respond to it.
To me, quotes function as the sunscreen against a writers brilliance. As soon as I cannot stand to look at the magnificence of the acropolis of pure thought the writer managed to doll out in the cognizant chaos - I quote him, and by doing so I am discharged and freed. On the other hand, even while I do acknowledge that some things cannot be quoted, I vehemently distrust any writer whose army of quotes does not consist of impeccable warriors but the sort of bootless canon fodd…
If we can benchmark nature on how it operates, then we never have to worry about how, and when God takes care of us.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1955–2024).