barometer
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A closely watched barometer of financial-market stress on Thursday climbed to its highest level since the eurozone debt crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Whether Lütke’s all-in approach continues to work looks like a good barometer of AI’s business-transforming potential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But this time around, it has become a new barometer of actual AI demand in the data-center, electrical-grid and power-infrastructure sectors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
As Disney obsessives, my friends and I know theme parks, but had no barometer for what to expect from … a celebrity-themed one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The barometer displayed the pressure of the air on the skin.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Both are considered barometers for the economy’s health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Breach described High Streets as one of the most "visible barometers" of how a local economy is faring, saying where High Streets are performing badly voters expect intervention which requires more than cosmetic change.
From BBC ● May 2, 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
Corporate credit spreads — one of the most closely watched market barometers of economic stress — have remained relatively tame.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
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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Physical Geography - Middle School
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