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Recent Examples of indicator
The unemployment rate, in particular, remains the most important indicator in Goyal’s eyes.
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
Recognize early indicators: Learn to identify the warning signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
An early August exhibition contest at Soldier Field won’t move the needle much as far as offering true indicators for where the 2025 season might be headed — for the record, the affair ended a bit chaotically in a 24-24 tie, the Bears’ first preseason draw since 1973.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Putin refuses to disclose major economic indicators as required by The International Monetary Fund (IMF).
—Time, 9 Aug. 2025
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Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 13 Aug. 2025
Recognize early indicators: Learn to identify the warning signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
An early August exhibition contest at Soldier Field won’t move the needle much as far as offering true indicators for where the 2025 season might be headed — for the record, the affair ended a bit chaotically in a 24-24 tie, the Bears’ first preseason draw since 1973.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Putin refuses to disclose major economic indicators as required by The International Monetary Fund (IMF).
—Time, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicator
Noun
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Whether his stock trading will indeed move the needle in 2026, however, remains to be seen.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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That's the only way to know whether your marketing is really moving the needle or just riding the wave.—
Liam Wade,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Overall, the fund’s return was 5 basis points lower than the return on its benchmark index.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2025
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However, since April, prices have risen between 1.1% and 1.2% each month (the index was up 1.2% in July.).—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Economists also watch it because some of its components, notably measures of health care and financial services, flow into the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge — the personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, index.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX , known to many as Wall Street's fear gauge, had its lowest close of the year on Wednesday, ending the day at 14.49.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Indicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicator. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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