as in needle
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 indicator To determine the most attractive states for employment, WalletHub then compared the 50 states across 34 key indicators of job-market strength and economic health. Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025 Twelve of the 20 indicators for the health risks and impacts of climate change in the report set concerning new records—showing that the health impacts caused by our changing climate have reached unprecedented levels that cannot be ignored. Simmone Shah, Time, 29 Oct. 2025 This stance makes sense given that labor statistics are lagging economic indicators and monetary policy works with a lag. Sarah Min, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025 The government has not issued official employment figures since then due to the shutdown, forcing the Fed to rely on private-sector data and market indicators to guide its policy. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for indicator
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Noun
  • And having a shredder as likely to melt your face as Nita Strauss on board to trade off leads with Ryan Roxie, who could more than hold his own as the only lead guitarist on that stage, is all but guaranteed to move the needle.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • When focusing on the vipers’ fangs, the team watched their needle-like teeth sink into the fake prey.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Yesterday was the 96th anniversary of Black Monday, the day in 1929 when the Dow Jones index fell 13%.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • As of this month, the Magnificent Seven, the largest companies in the S&P 500, make up 34% of the index’s total value.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In September, the decline in China’s factory-gate prices, a gauge of deflation, extended into the 36th straight month, though the drop has narrowed following Beijing’s attempt in recent months to rein in price competition in certain sectors.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • However, using the same measurement gauge, electricity prices went up.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Indicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicator. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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