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barometer

[buh-rom-i-ter] / bəˈrɒm ɪ tər /
NOUN
instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
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The barometer is now at its highest since January 2022, the survey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The unemployment rate is a key barometer of the health of the U.S. labor market.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Now the market is essentially a broken barometer.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Rothko, the Latvian immigrant who helped define abstract expressionism, has emerged as this season’s one-man barometer of the art market’s health.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

She has no way to be sure, no barometer on which to measure such insubstantial things.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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