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.
• 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
• The stock market is not a bellwether of the economy—far from it.
  — Miguel Padró, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2022
• 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 state has one of the nation’s best track records as a presidential bellwether.
  — Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
• In previous years, the Globes were seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards.
  — NBC News, 10 Jan. 2022
• 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
• The results of the survey should help the state know whether Sky Valley is an outlier or a bellwether.
  — Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2022
• As Oscar voting opens, the guild awards could prove a guide — or bellwether — to who will take home trophies March 27.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Mar. 2022
• Some experts see tech as a bellwether for the greater economy.
  — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• The state was seen as a bellwether for the nation, if not the future of democracy globally.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
• The global South can be used as a bellwether to assess the effects of these transgressions.
  — Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• The Producers Guild Awards are often a bellwether for the Oscars.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2022
• Guatemala has long been a bellwether for Latin America.
  — Time, 19 Aug. 2023
• The freight company’s seen as a bellwether for the economy.
  — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024
• New Hampshire is presumed to be an election bellwether—but the mood was far from settled.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024