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.
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And as in 2008, the Sun Belt could serve as a sort of bellwether.
—New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
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But the fate of that state over the next few weeks may be a bellwether of what’s to come for the rest of the US.
—Megan Molteni, Wired, 19 Feb. 2021
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There isn’t one bellwether who gets the bulk of the carries.
—J.p. Pelzman, Forbes, 1 May 2022
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The deal is considered a bellwether for the health of the IPO market.
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
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But these bellwether streaks rest on the barest of margins.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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Once a bellwether, the state no longer swings with the national mood.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
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Based on the recent IPCC report, 2025 is the bellwether.
—Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
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Ticket sales are bound to be read as a bellwether for the box office.
—John Jurgensen, WSJ, 9 June 2021
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The stock market is not a bellwether of the economy—far from it.
—Miguel Padró, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2022
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Like it or not, small businesses are the bellwether for the rest of business.
—Jay Fulcher, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
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Farkhondeh and the Hazara will be a bellwether for what happens next in Afghanistan.
—Knox Thames, Time, 28 June 2021
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Many look to FedEx as a bellwether of the global economy.
—Julia Malleck, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2023
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Harden’s play has mostly served as a bellwether for the 76ers in this series.
—Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
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So that's a big deal because New York City is a bellwether for business.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
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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
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Ecuador is, in many ways, a bellwether for what other nations may face.
—José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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As such, what's happening in the Highlands can act as a bellwether for other parts of the country, and the world.
—NBC News, 4 Nov. 2021
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Michigan Michigan, with 15 electoral votes, has been a strong bellwether for the rest of the country.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Golden Globes have never been a bellwether for what will happen at the Emmys.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2024
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The state has one of the nation’s best track records as a presidential bellwether.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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In previous years, the Globes were seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards.
—NBC News, 10 Jan. 2022
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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
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Which makes Venice all the more important as a bellwether for the indie business.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
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This matchup has been, in recent years, the bellwether for AFC South leadership.
—Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2022
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Hurley was just the latest big name to stay home, a potential bellwether of what’s to come.
—Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022
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The case, the news and analysis site Puck’s Matthew Belloni suggests, is a bellwether.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
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Shares in the retail giant, a bellwether for the economy, fell sharply in premarket trading.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Far-right parties already saw massive gains in the European parliamentary elections last year, which ended up serving as a bellwether for many western elections throughout the rest of the year.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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