How to Use bellwether in a Sentence

bellwether

noun

• High-tech bellwethers led the decline in the stock market.
• She is a bellwether of fashion.
• The stock market is not a bellwether of the economy—far from it.
  — Miguel Padró, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2022
• In previous years, the Globes were seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards.
  — NBC News, 10 Jan. 2022
• This is borne out in the most recent polling of Latinos in bellwether Northampton County.
  — A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
• South Africa’s bellwether wave soared to extraordinary heights — then quickly began to ebb.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 4 Jan. 2022
• Because California is often a bellwether for health care, the group hopes the suit will bring attention to the issue.
  — NBC News, 21 Dec. 2021
• Retail bellwether John Lewis also announced the closure of 42 of its stores after lockdown.
  — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2021
• After a shock like Covid-19, a hot job market isn’t a textbook bellwether of an economy’s closeness to its potential.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2022
• But skittish investors are now concerned about the outlook for a bellwether banking stock, along with broader concerns about slowing U.S. economic growth.
  — Hugh Son, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
• Deadwood doesn’t offer the latter, but the consumption of canned peaches and pears seems another bellwether of incipient civilization.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2021
• The case of Lake and Trumbull was selected as a bellwether, a model that gives companies and communities an idea of how future cases could play out based on the evidence.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2022
• And as in 2008, the Sun Belt could serve as a sort of bellwether.
  — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• There isn’t one bellwether who gets the bulk of the carries.
  — J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 1 May 2022
• The deal is considered a bellwether for the health of the IPO market.
  — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
• Once a bellwether, the state no longer swings with the national mood.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• Many look to FedEx as a bellwether of the global economy.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2023
• Harden’s play has mostly served as a bellwether for the 76ers in this series.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
• So that's a big deal because New York City is a bellwether for business.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
• During her two decades in New York, Davis’s presence on the bandstand was a kind of bellwether.
  — Jon Garelick, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Golden Globes have never been a bellwether for what will happen at the Emmys.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2024
• The Wild Bunch deal in a bellwether market for non-English language movies would seem to bear him out.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 18 May 2024
• Which makes Venice all the more important as a bellwether for the indie business.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
• This matchup has been, in recent years, the bellwether for AFC South leadership.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2022
• Hurley was just the latest big name to stay home, a potential bellwether of what’s to come.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 23 Feb. 2022
• The case, the news and analysis site Puck’s Matthew Belloni suggests, is a bellwether.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
• Home values are an important bellwether of how home prices might trend in the short-term.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2022
• Throughout the course of the pandemic, Europe has been considered a bellwether of what's come in the U.S.
  — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2022
• Micron is the first of the semiconductor giants to publish this earnings season and is seen as a bellwether of sorts for the tech sector given its exposure to the PC and server markets.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Evaluating a person based on their salary might seem shallow, but how someone spends their money can be a bellwether of their priorities.
  — Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024