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 Organizations should periodically ask whether their indicators still reflect their mission or whether reporting requirements have slowly begun shaping program choices. — Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Lateral movement can produce indicators such as unusual account access, authentication activity, privilege escalation attempts or network reconnaissance. — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Instead, new indicators were added, such as e-commerce turnover per capita in comparison with gross domestic product per capita. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 The two indicators show that market indexes can remain at or close to records despite wide divergences among individual stocks. — Deena Zaidi,nick Wells, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 The company will monitor employee health, safety, and environmental indicators and proactively submit the results to regulators. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 Importantly, in places where rates of the virus are higher, indicators of serious illness aren’t rising yet, says Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease physician and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026 His challenge is ensuring that these reforms not only translate into stronger economic indicators but also reach citizens’ pockets. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 The second phase of the Spain Audiovisual Hub coincides with notable indicators of success for the film and television industries, both in Spain and abroad. — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indicators
Noun
  • To break the chains of infections stemming from contaminated needles, Soqo has proposed supplying thousands of sterile needles and syringes to communities of methamphetamine users.
    — David Cox, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The machine is available in E28 and E32 gauges, corresponding to 28 or 32 needles per inch, and with four fabric batching systems.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier this month, experts told CNBC that India's economic growth story was not reflected in the country's key stock benchmarks, as many companies in emerging sectors are represented in the mid-cap and small-cap indexes and not the Nifty 50.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Moving into the following week, the heat is expected to let up, with maximum indices in the low 90s.
    — Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Indicators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicators. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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