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 indicatorDimon pointed out that soft indicators like consumer and business sentiment are down, but hard numbers like unemployment and investments have remained fairly steady.—Kevin Ryan, Quartz, 9 May 2025 So if betting markets failed to predict that Francis would become pope in 2013, how good an indicator are the millions of dollars of bets currently being placed around the world?—Jim Sergent, USA Today, 9 May 2025 If sports success is any indicator, however, Villanova could see a Papal boon.—Sean Gregory, Time, 8 May 2025 Lorde’s rare public appearance at the 2025 Met Gala was a clear indicator that the 28-year-old singer would be hitting the road.—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for indicator
This involves molecular machinery that basically functions like a syringe, complete with a long needle that is poked into the cells of its victims.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
Life outside the courtroom, however, is a bit more complicated, with Nash-Betts weeping in a hospital gown and Kardashian stabbing herself with a needle in a bathroom stall.
Perhaps that’s why Swedes consistently rank near the top of happiness indexes: Here, there are plenty of options to leave the world behind and surround yourself with the healing properties of water.
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Stephanie Pearson,
Outside Online,
19 May 2025
In stock markets abroad, indexes were mostly lower across Europe and Asia.
What To Know The 2024 sea level analysis, based on 55 years of data from tide gauges across 36 U.S. coastal communities, uses historical measurements at specific locations, meaning each city has a specific sea level increase.
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Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
Consumers have seen prices deflate for airfare, produce, household goods, electronics and gasoline, for example, according to the consumer price index, an inflation gauge.
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