bellwether
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The AI cloud company leases data centers to tech giants such as Microsoft, making it a bellwether for the AI trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
He will usher them through the chaos of the evening; sifting through datapoints, overreacting to turnout data, monitoring bellwether counties.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
"We are proud to have achieved justice for our bellwether clients so far, including K.D.B. and S.J.," the lawyers said in a statement, referring to the plaintiffs, who are identified only by their initials.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Given the shortage of memory that many analysts and chief executives have highlighted, semiconductor pricing is a bellwether for the scarcity of supplies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
I’m to be the bellwether of the flock.
From Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour by Lester Chadwick
AI bellwethers like Korean and Japanese semiconductor plays recoiled as traders rotated into consumer and internet plays listed in Hong Kong and China.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Real-estate leaders are watching a few key projects as bellwethers for whether the odd couple of Khan and Shorris will work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Magnificent Seven members Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Tesla are due this week, with other bellwethers including Texas Instruments, Boeing and Mastercard providing an idea about the state of the economy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
The effect has been so profound it’s not just reflected in the growth of luxury sales but in who’s spending at America’s two great consumer bellwethers — McDonald’s and Walmart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
The human animal being apt to run after bellwethers, it may be looked upon as natural that this strange conduct of a respectable matron was speedily imitated by the girls.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
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