barometer
Example Sentences
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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
Who on this roster measures up against the barometer that is Oklahoma City?
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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
It will serve as a barometer of what will happen across the rest of the central belt.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
She asked for a barometer and an anemometer and a rain gauge for Christmas, and hung them outside her bedroom window.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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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