canary
Example Sentences
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“She’s almost like the canary in the coal mine,” McCarthy said.
From Salon
In many ways, the U.K. is the canary in the coal mine for trade-offs that most industrialized nations will face in coming years, Wishart said.
If the film is intended to be a canary in a coal mine, that bird has long since expired.
From Los Angeles Times
Comedy is the canary in the coal mine for free speech.
From Salon
Bitcoin remains one of the market’s favorite risk on barometers, and its recent weakness may be the canary in the coal mine on that front.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
