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indicator

[in-di-key-ter] / ˈɪn dɪˌkeɪ tər /


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The snails, which feed on algae and are considered an indicator of healthy lakes and rivers, have been driven to extinction across England.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Their bubble risk indicator is a price-based measure, designed to detect bubble-like asset dynamics with the model incorporating an asset’s returns, volatility, momentum and fragility into a single reading.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

Next week’s inflation data will also be a key indicator for any interest rate decisions by the Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Industrial orders, an indicator of future business activity, rose 2.5 percent from a month earlier, statistics office Destatis said.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Those functions and more—every switch, every indicator, every gauge—had to be tested and retested for any whiff of possible failure.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Popular risk indicators remained relatively contained, raising the risk that investors might be feeling complacent about all of these risks.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Technical indicators speak to gains of 25% in coming months.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

To investigate potential harm, the researchers exposed cultured human blood cells to sucralose-6-acetate and examined indicators of genetic damage.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Surveys say Americans are in a funk, even though their sour mood doesn’t match up with what major indicators say about how the U.S. economy is performing, The Wall Street Journal’s Justin Lahart writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Prose becomes stuffy when an insecure writer hammers the reader over the head with redundant indicators of a connection, as if unsure that one would be enough.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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