weather vane

noun

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Lala, like a weather vane with lip implants, always goes whichever way the wind blows. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2024 Sign up The point is not to lionize Haley, whose timidity in the face of Trump has made a weather vane seem like a model of principled constancy. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023 In a sloping backyard in Vallejo, California, Nicholas Spada adjusted a piece of equipment that looked like a cross between a tripod, a briefcase and a weather vane. Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023 As part of the celebration marking the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race’s winner were painted onto the ornamental weather vane at Pimlico Racecourse for the first time. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022 See all Example Sentences for weather vane 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1721, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weather vane was circa 1721

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“Weather vane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weather%20vane. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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