weather vane
Example Sentences
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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
Election betting is not so much a weather vane as a mechanism for bettors to reflect the world as they see it, and make or lose money doing so.
From Slate • Dec. 10, 2025
A museum should not change directions like a weather vane but give us the reassurance that some things are timeless and provide us with the history and progression of art.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023
Others say she’s a weather vane, pivoting when it suits her advancement.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022
One of them is a real clock; the other looks like a clock but is really a weather vane, and the hands swing in the wind.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
