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weather vane
noun
- a device, as a rod to which a freely rotating pointer is attached, for indicating the direction of the wind.
weather vane
noun
- a vane designed to indicate the direction in which the wind is blowing
Word History and Origins
Origin of weather vane1
Example Sentences
Badenoch said the prime minister didn't "have the balls" to say where he stood and likened him to a "weather vane".
When throngs of visitors move through the show, which started Nov. 8, they’ll create air currents, stirring the mobiles to move in a slow ballet of weather vanes.
A museum should not change directions like a weather vane but give us the reassurance that some things are timeless and provide us with the history and progression of art.
There are weather vanes with more firmly fixed positions.
Long an integral part of the social calendar, Germany’s roughly 500 Christmas markets have renewed importance as weather vanes of the national mood.
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