an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information
you should refill when the indicator on the gas gauge shows that there's only a quarter of a tank left
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Recent Examples of indicatorThis happens when the indicator’s faster (black) line crosses under the slower (red) line while both lines are above the zero level.—Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025 Honda Smart Key ignition and auto-cancelling indicators with an Emergency Stop Signal complete the impressive list.—New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025 The letter grades are released annually as an indicator of school performance.—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025 That won’t stop people from looking for early indicators to try and read the awards tea leaves.—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indicator
Overturning the validity of the IEEPA tariffs but doing as Katyal suggested and limiting the decision to prospective relief could thread an incredibly difficult needle.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
Giving kids three separate shots would mean more trips to the doctor and more needles, vaccine proponents like Offit say.
While the tariffs are designed to encourage domestic manufacturing by making imports more expensive, factory employment has dropped by more than 40,000 jobs since April, while the ISM index of manufacturing activity fell in October for the eighth month in a row.
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