barometer
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"This is a litmus test. A barometer of feeling nationally and locally."
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The velocity of that rebound meant the Wall Street stock-market barometer moved from oversold to overbought — in terms of its 14-day relative strength — in just 12 sessions.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
At publicly traded credit funds, share buybacks are about to become a key barometer of management confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The Geneva watch fair opens on Tuesday and will be taken as a barometer of how the Middle East war is affecting the luxury goods sector.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Boyle constructed his air pump because the glass globe out of which the air was evacuated provided a better site for experiments than the space at the top of a barometer.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing barometer
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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