barometer
Example Sentences
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Who on this roster measures up against the barometer that is Oklahoma City?
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Big picture: The huge services side of the economy is the best barometer of growth.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
On the convention floor, I ran into Andy Levin, who is something of a local political barometer with his own ideas about where the Democrats should go.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
At publicly traded credit funds, share buybacks are about to become a key barometer of management confidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
If the Torricellian barometer had not been easy to replicate, it would never have become the first famous experiment.
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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