barometer
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The Ifo institute confidence barometer rose to 84.9 points from 84.5 in April, the first time it has gone up since the start of the conflict.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
But that still leaves Wall Street’s main equity barometer just a fraction below this month’s fresh record high.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Parental suffering used to be a barometer through which parents, especially moms, evaluated themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
"This is a litmus test. A barometer of feeling nationally and locally."
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The barometer had only recently been invented, and Descartes was one of the first people to suggest that what it measured was the weight of air pressing down on the surface of the Earth.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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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