barometer
Example Sentences
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"That makes me very hopeful that the Academy, the pinnacle and the barometer of the industry, is broadening."
From Barron's
Beneath the surface, though, it’s providing a barometer of three worrying economic trends.
“Gold remains the clearest barometer of investor fear,” eToro’s Josh Gilbert says in an email.
And special elections, while useful metrics, are far from perfect barometers of public opinion.
From Salon
Defense stocks have been treated as a geopolitical barometer.
From MarketWatch
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