as in standards
something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared
a legendary Broadway flop that has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in the theater is judged
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Recent Examples of barometers
The Fed will get to review two more important inflation barometers before its next policy meeting, the producer price index and consumer price index.
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Alex Veiga, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
The race was seen as a key pickup opportunity for Democrats in their quest to win control of the House, and one of the early barometers to watch on Tuesday.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Alex Veiga, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
The race was seen as a key pickup opportunity for Democrats in their quest to win control of the House, and one of the early barometers to watch on Tuesday.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barometers
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The advent of short-form cricket has seen fielding standards rise rapidly in the past decade.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The standards for staffing levels are based on federal regulations from the Office of Personnel Management.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Although the recognition of other countries is also a key component of obtaining statehood, any Palestinian state established today would not meet the minimal criteria, according to Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies and the Misgav Institute.—
Michele Chabin,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Bondi also instructed the board to reinstate the previous criteria that Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued in a 2018 case referred to as Matter of A-B-, per WSJ.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI also says there is a 45 percent to 65 percent reduction in factual errors over GPT-4, depending on the setting, as well as substantial gains in handling medical and coding tasks on industry-standard benchmarks.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Carbonfact, an environmental data platform for the apparel and footwear industry, just shared the first free solution that lets brands calculate their official French Environmental Cost—and compare it, instantly, to industry benchmarks.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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Success metrics must extend beyond accuracy and efficiency to include systemic well-being and regenerative impact.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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But Castellanos’ defensive metrics, which rank among the worst in the sport, along with a slide on offense over the past month, have made things untenable.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Barometers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barometers. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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