barometer
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Parental suffering used to be a barometer through which parents, especially moms, evaluated themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The velocity of that rebound meant the Wall Street stock-market barometer moved from oversold to overbought — in terms of its 14-day relative strength — in just 12 sessions.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
As a highly volatile, liquidity-sensitive asset, Bitcoin tends to outperform when investors are willing to lean into risk, making its momentum a useful barometer for general market conditions.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
It will serve as a barometer of what will happen across the rest of the central belt.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Much later, Pascal drew upon Galileo’s work when studying pressures in liquids in order to understand how the air supports a column of mercury in a barometer.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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