The phrase "a barometer against which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a standard or measure for evaluating something, often in a comparative context.
Example: "The new policy serves as a barometer against which we can measure the success of our initiatives."
Alternatives: "a standard for evaluating" or "a measure for comparison".
In "Fleabag," feminism is framed not as a source of power or refuge, but as an additional standard our main character struggles to meet; yet another barometer against which women inevitably measure their inadequacy.
The disconnect is twofold: first, youth political engagement in the 2000s just didn't look like the interest of the previous generation; and second, the barometer against which we are constantly compared – the political activism of the 60s – has been rewritten in public accounts to the point where it is no longer works as an objective historical comparison to the alleged "youth apathy" today.
Predicting - and then shaping - the economic weather remains the central barometer against which they will be judged, and collectively how life in the UK will feel over the next decade.
New sensors include a barometer, which Apple said would help fitness apps distinguish whether the owner was running up a mountain or along a flatter surface.
To combat this, keep in mind that financial news these days is both misleadingly grim and a lousy barometer by which to plot your financial future.
Investors seemed most startled by a barometer of consumer sentiment, which fell to its lowest level in 10 months in February.
The instrument has built-in sensors for O2, CO2, a barometer and a thermometer which measure the flow of the breathed air by means of a turbine flow meter attached to the breathing mask or mouthpiece.
Atmospheric pressure is also measured using an aneroid barometer, in which the sensing element is one or more hollow, partially evacuated, corrugated metal disks supported against collapse by an inside or outside spring; the change in the shape of the disk with changing pressure can be recorded using a pen arm and a clock-driven revolving drum.
For local officials in China, gross domestic product was, until recently, more than just a barometer for gauging policies, it was the measuring stick against which their futures in the ruling Communist Party were determined.
The arrest and trial of Pussy Riot was seen as a barometer of the direction in which Russia under Putin is moving.
