bellwether

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Insurer stocks jumped, with industry bellwether UnitedHealth Group UNH 0.75%increase; green up pointing triangle rising 9% in a single day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

KGM’s lawyers employed the unique theory of product liability, which will serve as a bellwether strategy for the many future social media addiction cases.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

As an industry bellwether, TSMC’s results are often interpreted as a read-across for demand across the wider semiconductor and electronics supply chain.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

But what they still lack is a sustained rebound in tech stocks—the bellwether sector that has powered the S&P 500 throughout the bull market that began in late 2022.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

And the whole nine of us obligingly trudged after him like sheep after the bellwether, and reëntered the castle.

From The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson by Thierry, James Francis