new standard

A newly-adopted benchmark or measure; a new way of judging something. High unemployment rates have become the new standard due to the country's economic strife.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Georgy	gye-OR-gee, gee-OR-gee	Russian
Eran	-	Biblical
Gerel	-	Mongolian
Dorean	-	English
Cili	-	Hungarian
Gopinatha	-	Hinduism