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vane

[veyn] / veɪn /
NOUN
finned device
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The remarks by Williams are especially important because he is a top ally of Fed Chair Jerome Powell and is seen as a weather vane for the bank’s future moves.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Marialyce Pedersen walked around the parking lot spinning a weather vane on which she’d fashioned a picture of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Election betting is not so much a weather vane as a mechanism for bettors to reflect the world as they see it, and make or lose money doing so.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2025

Instead, the two agencies said, all evidence points to a bird strike on the sensor vane.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

“All the way up, at the top of the golden spire. There is a weather vane there in the form of a ship. It is modeled after one of Peter the Great’s actual ships.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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