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 Club Dispersion Patterns: Users can view personalized club accuracy patterns overlaid on maps of golf holes within the Bushnell Golf app, providing clear visual indicators to guide club selection and course management decisions. Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 The e-commerce data comes weeks after initial indicators pointed to a robust holiday shopping season. Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025 Perhaps the most obvious indicator has been her above-the-eyebrow bangs—one of Hepburn’s beauty signatures. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025 Additionally, leaders should look for traits such as initiative, adaptability and a willingness to learn, which are indicators of future success. Nilesh Parmar, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for indicator 
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Noun
  • According to Peter’s report, FWC investigators also found a Costa sunglasses case with drug paraphernalia in it, including needles, a syringe, a spook, cotton balls and a synthetic opioid pill prescribed to people trying to kick opiate addiction.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
  • This cannot even be produced by a standard #12 modern tattoo needle, which is 0.35 millimeters thick.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • The gap between the strongest and weakest passports on the list is the largest in the index’s 19-year history, according to Henley & Partners.
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Among the city centers studied in the index, San Francisco ranked second in slowest average time to drive 6 miles.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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  • The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge showed a rate of 2.4% in November but was at 2.8% when excluding food and energy, a core measure that officials see as a better long-run indicator.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In the future, Watch Duty hopes to explore the use of other types of data, such as river gauges, tsunami buoys and earthquakes.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Indicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indicator. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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