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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 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

Instead, the two agencies said, all evidence points to a bird strike on the sensor vane.

From Seattle Times Jan. 6, 2023

Like a wind vane waiting for a gust to come along and spin it round.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Western production of these turbine blades and vanes is concentrated in four companies, according to a report from SemiAnalysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

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 Nov. 9, 2023

We can smell mulch, feel the vanes of feathers, bump into doors and taste peppermints.

From New York Times May 30, 2023

Navy identified as jet vanes for medium-range ballistic missiles.

From Washington Times Mar. 2, 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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