barometer
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The 10-year Treasury yield, a barometer for mortgage rate movements, increased roughly 0.11 percentage point between Thursday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 20—roughly the period reflected in Freddie Mac’s weekly average.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Rothko, the Latvian immigrant who helped define abstract expressionism, has emerged as this season’s one-man barometer of the art market’s health.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The ETF tracks the Nasdaq 100, a barometer for Big Tech.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Parental suffering used to be a barometer through which parents, especially moms, evaluated themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The first warning he had that there was trouble ahead came when he glanced into the Wasp’s cabin and observed that the barometer had fallen sharply.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
Vocabulary lists containing barometer
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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