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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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Allocate your focus on what moves the needle: customer needs, scalable distribution and product-market fit.—
Swami Kakarla,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Diplomacy can’t do much to move the needle; there is also diplomatic fatigue.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Markets Reflect Lower Economic Risk The S&P 500’s small gain for the week is deceiving, as the index closed lower in the first four days of the trading week before rising by 1.5% following Powell’s comments on Friday.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The heat index — the mix of air temperatures and humidity — is expected to climb into the triple digits.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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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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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“Indicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicator. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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