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bellwether::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | wether |
bellwether::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | leader |
Examples of bellwether
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In the past few seasons, the Rams have become a bellwether for the local outfit.
From the washingtonpost.com
Oakland County, where I chose to interview voters, is a classic bellwether area.
From the washingtonpost.com
What happens next for al-Gazzar may be a bellwether for Egypt's political future.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
Then the bellwether battleground of Ohio fell to Mr. Obama, and the party was on.
From the washingtontimes.com
These swing voters could have an outsized impact in a crucial bellwether state.
From the bloomberg.com
Many analysts and investors see it as a bellwether for the managed care sector.
From the washingtonpost.com
If Starbucks is a bellwether, then issuers and networks alike should take notice.
From the forbes.com
Missouri used to be considered the most reliable bellwether in American politics.
From the npr.org
Both Hamilton East and Hamilton West electorates are considered bellwether seats.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
- Sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
- A bellwether is any entity in a given arena that serves to create or influence trends or to presage future happenings.
- Bellwether, a 1996 novel by Connie Willis, is a book that can fall into many genres, such as comedy, fairy tale, romance, and science fiction. The novel is broadly based on the unsettling concepts of human culture. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1997.
- The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck; Anything that indicates future trends; A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition
- Much the same as a precursor: a social group that adopts trends earlier than most others. For example, it is often said that California is a bellwether state of the USA, because trends appear there first. The danger of such assumptions is that bellwethers can change. ...
- A stock whose performance is indicative of the overall market direction.
- A state or district wherein an election result is said to predict what will happen in elections elsewhere, especially nationwide. These can change from year to year, and they may be over-hyped by prognosticators and media reports. ...
- A market bellwether is a security whose changing price is considered a signal that the market is changing direction. It gets its name from the whether, or castrated ram, that walks at the head of a shepherds flock. ...
