bellwether

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Oscar Selby, who researches troubled High Streets at the Centre for Cities think tank, sees them as a "bellwether" for the wider economy.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

If healthcare utilization trends continue to moderate, UnitedHealth—which serves as a bellwether for the industry—should lead a broader rally in shares of managed-care organizations, BofA contended.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The stock’s first days of trading will serve as a bellwether for the rest of the quantum space, Wedbush analyst Antoine Legault told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England—This redbrick northern market town isn’t exactly famed as a British political bellwether.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

So it is with a pietistical and puristical people—they will follow some stupid old bellwether because utterly incapable of independent thought, of individual ratiocination.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper