as in criterion
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 barometer
The consumer price index, a key inflation barometer, rose 2.7% in the 12 months through June, up from 2.4% in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday.
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 July 2025
The Footsie is commonly perceived to be a barometer of U.K. economic — and, certainly, corporate — health.
—Ian King, CNBC, 30 July 2025
The price of these gold bonds would be a great barometer of Washington’s financial health.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
As the department itself made clear, this meant that the statistic was an unreliable barometer of the restaurant industry’s health.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 July 2025
The Footsie is commonly perceived to be a barometer of U.K. economic — and, certainly, corporate — health.
—Ian King, CNBC, 30 July 2025
The price of these gold bonds would be a great barometer of Washington’s financial health.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
As the department itself made clear, this meant that the statistic was an unreliable barometer of the restaurant industry’s health.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barometer
Noun
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For example, Governors, working with their state workforce boards, will need to determine which workforce programs meet the criteria to be eligible for grants.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Each university sets its own admissions criteria for a student to be automatically admitted.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This would allow the NHL to maintain the human element in the officiating system, and hopefully create a better standard and baseline to follow. Pick 5.3.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this year, Google and the mobile standards setting GSMA confirmed a new RCS protocol would be the first to offer cross-platform end-to-end encryption.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The New York state pension has lagged its benchmark over one, three, five, and 10-year timeframes in private equity and private credit.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6% to finish at 40,794.86.—
Yuri Kageyama,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Austerity measures demanded by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to bail out Greece angered everyday citizens.—
Luciana Lopez,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Federal Communications Commission last year fined T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon, saying the carriers illegally shared access to customers' location information without consent and did not take reasonable measures to protect that sensitive data against unauthorized disclosure.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Barometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barometer. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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