as in needle
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 indicator The White House daily press briefing is scheduled at 2 p.m. Economic indicator: The Labor Department at 8:30 a.m. will issue the jobs report for November. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Dec. 2024 Other indicators, including low levels of unemployment filings, suggested the jobs market was still chugging along. Courtenay Brown, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024 The most critical indicators will emerge between now and February, the period when the state typically receives the majority of its annual rainfall. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 To keep a clean, odor-free home while living with pets, and for that matter anyone with allergies, smokers and clean freaks (who, me?), all indicators point to the benefits of an in-home air purifier. Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for indicator 
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Noun
  • Some like the long, graceful, and wispy needles of white pine (Pinus strobus) while others are all about the firs — the true firs (Abies species) with their stout, glossy, and fragrant needles.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yet Baker didn’t want a traditional score — there’s no music that isn’t source (predominantly the needle drops in the strip club where Mikey Madison‘s title character works), and thus none of the typical clues to guide the audience’s responses to the tonal shifts.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The main indices on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange hit new highs on Monday.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • While the futures have traded above that number, the cash index has yet to breach that level.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Economists also watch it because some of its components, notably healthcare and financial services, flow into the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge — the personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, index.
    Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Along with the read Wednesday on consumer prices, the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday will release its producer price index, a gauge of wholesale prices that is projected to show a 0.2% monthly gain.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Indicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicator. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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