barometer
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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
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, often viewed as a barometer for the economy, is down 4.2% in the past month, compared with a nearly 4% gain for the Nasdaq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Paramount financing will be a closely watched barometer of the appetite for dealmaking despite rising borrowing costs in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
She asked for a barometer and an anemometer and a rain gauge for Christmas, and hung them outside her bedroom window.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Both are considered barometers for the economy’s health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
If the Dodgers choose not to mess with team success, they would not afford Yamamoto the chance to hit either of those traditional barometers of excellence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
More recent employment barometers, meanwhile, suggest companies are not hiring many people.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025
Copper and oil prices are considered barometers of global economic health.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
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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Physical Geography - Introductory
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