gauge
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All eyes are now turning to the Consumer Price Index, a key gauge of consumer inflation due to be released Friday, for the overall bearing these figures may have on US interest rates.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Investors will gauge tomorrow how aggressive Secretary Bessent will be buying back long-term bonds to ease yields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Fractons, exotic quasiparticles previously predicted in quantum spin liquids using highly generalized gauge field theories, have now also appeared in simulations of a more realistic quantum solid-state model.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Trump told reporters that the two negotiators would seek to gauge whether progress was possible towards peace in the conflict.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
At 9:19, operators used battery power to read the water level inside the reactor, and the gauge showed that the fuel rods were still covered by about 8 inches of water.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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It analyzed people’s roles against academic gauges on a job’s “exposure” to AI.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
One possible long-term remedy might be river level gauges that relay changes to authorities in real-time, giving residents 20-30 minutes of warning, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Indonesian central bank kept its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate unchanged at 5.75%, as the rupiah stabilizes and it gauges the impact of prior interest-rate hikes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some of the week’s economic gauges also painted a concerning picture of the market, including home-builder sentiment, which remains depressed and below the break-even level of 50 since April 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Natalie couldn’t check the rain and wind gauges she had mounted outside her boarded-up bedroom window either.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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What makes things even more difficult is that it’s impossible, as of now, to pinpoint the exact time and location of a downpour, even though it can be gauged with marvelous accuracy.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
An Institute of Governmental Studies poll in August gauged interest in the potential candidacy of Newsom and Harris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
The result of the survey, which gauged sentiment of around 2,000 consumers, marginally beat a consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal, which had expected a smaller uptick to minus 16.5.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
I didn't have discussions about the team with committees, but I gauged as much knowledge as I could from every staff member who was working alongside me.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
I gauged I could be up and down those porch steps, compass in hand, in five seconds.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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The Kaub gauging station in western Germany is a key indicator of navigability on the Rhine because it measures how heavily cargo vessels can be loaded.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The research, funded by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society and People's Trust for Endangered Species, was aimed at gauging the impact of road deaths on these pressured groups.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
But there’s also been a slight shift back toward gauging the room for rate cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
As investors increasingly search for bottlenecks in the globe-spanning supply chain for AI, gauging whether profits will meet the hype, Micron suggested a worldwide scramble for memory shows no sign of slowing down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
She watched Pet out of the corner of her eye, the way it was skulking around Hibiscus, only a few yards out, sniffing, watching, gauging its prey.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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