telltale sign
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“It is a telltale sign of how the industry is feeling right now,” says Rick Palacios, director of research at John Burns Research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The nebula's brilliant crimson glow comes from hydrogen alpha emissions, a telltale sign that new stars are actively forming.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
On Thomas Street you can see the impact of two nights of trouble - boarded up windows and the telltale sign of melted plastic and tarmac on street corners.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
While that divergence in volatility is not a telltale sign of future market direction, it sends a clear message that a big move is building.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Coraline raised the stone to her eye and she scanned the room through it, looking for something that glowed or glinted, a telltale sign that somewhere in this room was another hidden soul.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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