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.
• Like it or not, small businesses are the bellwether for the rest of business.
  — Jay Fulcher, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
• But such pitfalls playing without their bellwether backstop didn’t seem to last long.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
• As guys traded in their fatigues for body-skimming suits, Brioni became the bellwether for a new breed of male refinement.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2021
• Oil prices have long been a key bellwether for inflation, and inflationary pressures are increasing.
  — Morgan D. Bazilian, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2021
• McKenzie dismissed the notion that the mistaken drone strike served as any sort of bellwether for the over-the-horizon strategy.
  — Time, 18 Sep. 2021
• Big Media bellwether stocks including Netflix and Disney were up about 1% for the day.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
• Evergrande is a bellwether for the sector, given its gigantic footprint across the country of more than 1,000 projects.
  — Jane Li, Quartz, 15 Sep. 2021
• The warehouse retailer could be seen as a bellwether due to the double-whammy of rising costs for hourly wage workers that may cut into margins and supply shortages that have had a ripple effect on retailers.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• Wisconsin Wisconsin, with 10 electoral votes, is another bellwether state.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• 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
• But these bellwether streaks rest on the barest of margins.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
• Once a bellwether, the state no longer swings with the national mood.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• Based on the recent IPCC report, 2025 is the bellwether.
  — Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Michigan Michigan, with 15 electoral votes, has been a strong bellwether for the rest of the country.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024