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barometer

[buh-rom-i-ter] / bəˈrɒm ɪ tər /
NOUN
instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
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It will serve as a barometer of what will happen across the rest of the central belt.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The latter seems to be the best financial barometer of the state of the crisis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Investors see the database firm as a barometer of the financial prospects for artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

"That's the barometer... the gas prices for the general public."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Pascal’s Puy-de-Dôme experiment explained the height of the mercury in a barometer by showing that it was directly related to the weight of the air.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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