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.
  • Her lawsuit will act as a bellwether case.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But its status as a bellwether is far from its heyday.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Ticket sales are bound to be read as a bellwether for the box office.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 9 June 2021
  • Once a bellwether, the state no longer swings with the national mood.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Ecuador is, in many ways, a bellwether for what other nations may face.
    — José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • It is often seen as a bellwether of the economy as a whole.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The stock market is not a bellwether of the economy—far from it.
    — Miguel Padró, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The best bellwether for the Pats’ run defense ought to be tackling.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Like it or not, small businesses are the bellwether for the rest of business.
    — Jay Fulcher, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Some experts see tech as a bellwether for the greater economy.
    — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
  • Coreweave has served as something of a bellwether for the entire sector.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Home values are an important bellwether of how home prices might trend in the short-term.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The race is an early bellwether about the mood of the electorate in the nation’s largest city.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • His play on the move might, in fact, be the ultimate bellwether for this offense and team.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Canada reached this benchmark late last year, a bellwether for its neighbor to the south.
    — Joseph Choi, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The release capped a bellwether year for Weathers.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This was a bellwether case and there have been similar verdicts in other states.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
  • This was a bellwether case and there have been similar verdicts in other states.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • But a combination of forces has wiped out all of the bellwether token’s gains for the year.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The fourth bellwether case is scheduled to go to trial in July.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The fourth bellwether case is scheduled to go to trial in July.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Hurley was just the latest big name to stay home, a potential bellwether of what’s to come.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The state has one of the nation’s best track records as a presidential bellwether.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The other is FedEx , which is a bellwether for commerce.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The first bellwether there is set to begin in Oakland this summer.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • So Bird stands as a bellwether for Colorado’s present and future.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 28 June 2025
  • Plus, the bellwether of AI, Nvidia, seems to be on the verge of peaking.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And as in 2008, the Sun Belt could serve as a sort of bellwether.
    — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022

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