vane
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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 ● Mar. 3, 2026
Marialyce Pedersen walked around the parking lot spinning a weather vane on which she’d fashioned a picture of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
In doing so, it set up a great weather vane for the state of national politics.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
When the tour director “started to explain that the dove of peace on the mansion’s weather vane carried an olive branch, Mrs. Khrushchev muttered, ‘Yes, yes’ and walked away,” the New York Daily News reported.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
“The beam cuts right across the top gable. I can see the weather vane as clearly as if it were day.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Morgan Stanley’s report noted that “we would not expect SpaceX to be a material supplier of blades and vanes for supply outside of SpaceX use.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The blades can move to change their pitch and adjust the air flow, as can a set of fixed vanes just behind the fan.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Navy identified as jet vanes for medium-range ballistic missiles.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Hansberry places her specimens under an acute social microscope, not so much for us to identify with, but to be considered timely vanes in the winds of change.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023
It had a magenta rachis down the center with soft green vanes that shimmered yellow and purple and blue depending on how you turned it.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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