bellwether

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

And unlike other primaries that seemed to point toward where the Democratic Party might be heading in 2028, Pappas’ win hardly felt like a bellwether.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

Los Javis tied for best director honors in Cannes, and the Spanish-language film won the top audience prizes in San Sebastian and at the Toronto International Film Festival, a reliable bellwether for Academy Awards success.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The producer-price index can serve as something of a bellwether for the Fed’s policy direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But take a sheep flock now—the bellwether is jest a nice gentle old castrate thet'll do jest whut the sheepherder wants.

From Assassin by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

However, the wins may not be true bellwethers.

From Salon ● Feb. 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

While the groups vote independently, that shared base has made the DGA one of the most reliable bellwethers in the Oscar directing race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

Market demand appears constructive with industry bellwethers pointing to central-processing unit recovery, which reinforces momentum for the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 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