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vane

[veyn] / veɪn /
NOUN
finned device
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The remarks by Williams are especially important because he is a top ally of Fed Chair Jerome Powell and is seen as a weather vane for the bank’s future moves.

From MarketWatch

It’s built like a house—a really, really big house—with two chimneys, a wraparound porch, and a weather vane on the roof.

From Literature

In Tampa, Fla., it will increase the output of blades and vanes for gas turbines.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Weather vanes don’t have names,” Constantin said, kicking at the ground.

From Literature

When throngs of visitors move through the show, which started Nov. 8, they’ll create air currents, stirring the mobiles to move in a slow ballet of weather vanes.

From Seattle Times