barometer
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ISM Manufacturing PMI, a popular barometer of national manufacturing activity, held above 50 for a sixth straight month in June, according to the latest data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
In an alternate universe, the Sparks’ win over Chicago on Friday could have been a barometer to indicate whether general manager Raegan Pebley’s gamble to trade Rickea Jackson to the Sky paid off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Research group GfK said its consumer-confidence barometer published Friday with the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions held steady at minus 23 in June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The key barometer for borrowing costs across the economy inched lower to 4.450% from 4.462% Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The barometer had only recently been invented, and Descartes was one of the first people to suggest that what it measured was the weight of air pressing down on the surface of the Earth.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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
And special elections, while useful metrics, are far from perfect barometers of public opinion.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
More recent employment barometers, meanwhile, suggest companies are not hiring many people.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 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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