indicators

plural of indicator
as in needles
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 indicators Claim narratives can be analyzed for patterns in how members described their circumstances before a lapse, revealing early indicators that a structured premium payment record alone would never surface. — Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Pastries containing squash for which there is a poster indicating a shelf life of two days under refrigeration, were for sale and at room temperature without time-mark indicators to be discarded. — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 Since the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022, the list of possible indicators that the AI boom was about to go bust is long and keeps getting longer, leaving Wall Street asking each time if the end is finally near. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Microsoft responds to malicious AI download campaign Microsoft also responded to CyberGuy's request for comment, confirming that its security protections identify the malicious indicators described in the research. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 But surveillance indicators show that certain strains of influenza are rising fast. — Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026 Separately, Cboe also received SEC approval Tuesday to offer binary options tied to company-specific key performance indicators (KPIs). — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The authors of today’s report also tracked indicators of the human activities driving these planetary changes, like energy use, food production, and economic growth. — Simmone Shah, Time, 14 Oct. 2026 The index is a weighted sum of six sub-indices that are derived from Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data, PMI comments trackers and PMI commodity price and supply indicators that are compiled by S&P Global. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • The forests are thick with spruce, their needles a deep, musty green veiled in shadows.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company made use of burgeoning microneedle patch technology, placing the microneedles in select designs like stars and hearts on the patch, and embedding pigments in the miniscule needles.
    — Avery Stone, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In stock markets abroad, indexes ticked higher in Europe after a weaker finish in Asia.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The index is a weighted sum of six sub-indices that are derived from Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data, PMI comments trackers and PMI commodity price and supply indicators that are compiled by S&P Global.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Indicators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicators. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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