weather vane
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The Nvidia-backed compute provider has become a weather vane for one of the riskiest—and most highly leveraged—corners of the AI trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
In doing so, it set up a great weather vane for the state of national politics.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2025
A museum should not change directions like a weather vane but give us the reassurance that some things are timeless and provide us with the history and progression of art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
One day she fussed because I hadn’t made her one, and so I stopped shaping the shaft for the waterwheel and went to work on the weather vane.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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