Bellwether
Source: “Call of Duty 4 reaches 15 million online players”
How it was used: “It’s become a bellwether for judging modern first-person shooters, and still regularly places high in the Xbox Live activity charts.”
Definition: Bellwether
–noun
1. A wether or other male sheep that leads the flock, usually bearing a bell.
2. A person or thing that assumes the leadership or forefront, as of a profession or industry: Paris is a bellwether of the fashion industry.
3. A person or thing that shows the existence or direction of a trend; index
4. A person who leads a mob, mutiny conspiracy or the like; ringleader
Your sentence: My interest piqued when I heard Resident Evil 5 will have an online mode. I’m definitely buying that game.
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