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barometer

[buh-rom-i-ter] / bəˈrɒm ɪ tər /
NOUN
instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
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"This is a litmus test. A barometer of feeling nationally and locally."

From BBC • May 8, 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

The barometer of consumers’ willingness to buy also weakened, while Germans’ willingness to save declined slightly, though it remained at a high level, the survey showed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 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

Boyle constructed his air pump because the glass globe out of which the air was evacuated provided a better site for experiments than the space at the top of a barometer.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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