barometer
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Seoul, seen by many as a barometer of the AI trade, sank more than one percent, while there were also losses in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and Manila.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Women have a monthly barometer of their hormone health with the menstrual cycle, described by Keay as a "free monthly medical check".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Which of those three possibilities—the story flopping, working, or backfiring—emerges is an important barometer of where we stand in 2026, and whether the truth still has any purchase in our modern era.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
But these days, it is behaving less like a barometer of market health and more like a funhouse mirror.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The supply of hot dog buns, a key barometer of fan enthusiasm, was completely exhausted by early afternoon.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Taken together, the two price barometers should give a clearer idea of whether inflation is speeding up again — or stalling out.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Both are considered barometers for the economy’s health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
And besides that, with their hard-fought Final Four victories Friday over Texas and Connecticut, respectively, barometers for other programs that dream of ascending to such elite heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
And special elections, while useful metrics, are far from perfect barometers of public opinion.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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