indices

[in-duh-seez] / ˈɪn dəˌsiz /

NOUN

indication

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indicator ratio

STRONG

basis clue evidence formula guide hand indicant indication mark model needle pointer rule sign symbol symptom token

WEAK

indicia significant

Example Sentences

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Yet investors didn’t show the same anxiety once trading started, sending the indices into a sort of fugue state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Since the end of February, the three major stock market indices — the Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones industrials and the Nasdaq composite — have fallen by a few percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“It is intended to make the indices more representative of the real economic exposure they are designed to measure,” the index provider said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Wall Street's main indices were higher in afternoon trading.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Activities or illnesses whose safety indices are greater than 6 should be considered quite safe, being equivalent to less than one chance in a million per year.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos