Meaning of bellweather | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“They moved in, the rest trailing behind like sheep after a bellweather”

“There is no doubt that this is a bellweather - what happens in textiles and apparel, as the Senators who testified made very clear, is a bellweather for what is going to happen in other industries.”

“Once the joke of the movie industry, the Golden Globes are now a bellweather for the Oscars - and a bit more adventurous too.”

“Natural disturbances to forests around the world are on the rise, constituting a bellweather of global change associated with a warming climate”

“As the Arctic has been called a bellweather for climate change, where amplitudes are higher and impacts greater […].”

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