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
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
The City Council could prove that it’s better than a weather vane blown by special interests.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
One of them is a real clock; the other looks like a clock but is really a weather vane, and the hands swing in the wind.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
