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Recent Examples of indicator
Trump, naturally, dismisses any negative indicators in surveys.
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Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
Encourage a Love for Learning For von Tobel, two of the strongest indicators of future success are curiosity and a love of learning.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Feb. 2026
In our view, their impressive NET ranking is a false indicator.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Lee pointed out how Ball’s performance against the Wizards is another indicator of the evolution in the 24-year-old’s game.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
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Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
Encourage a Love for Learning For von Tobel, two of the strongest indicators of future success are curiosity and a love of learning.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Feb. 2026
In our view, their impressive NET ranking is a false indicator.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Lee pointed out how Ball’s performance against the Wizards is another indicator of the evolution in the 24-year-old’s game.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicator
Noun
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They were pinched, prodded, cut, shocked, pierced with needles, struck with canes, and burned with acid.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Other sufferers, however, who submitted entries to the 1983 Migraine Art Competition, depicted their pain in drawings and paintings of nails, needles, axes, ice picks, arrows, bolts, jaws, chisels, shivs, guns, red-hot spears, sledgehammers, devils, and long pins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This is also occurring in a market that has desperately been trying to rebalance away from historic levels of concentration, and as hedge funds are urgently expanding the short side of their portfolios as a means of generating returns from a flattish index.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, the Institute for Supply Management will release its monthly manufacturing activity index.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Indicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicator. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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