weather vane
Example Sentences
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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
In doing so, it set up a great weather vane for the state of national politics.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2025
The City Council could prove that it’s better than a weather vane blown by special interests.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022
“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
