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gauge

[gayj] / geɪdʒ /




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Whether the fine prompted the company to change its ways is hard to gauge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

In the latest informal straw poll held last week to gauge which candidates have a shot of becoming the next UN Secretary General, every contender received an effective veto.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Its revenue figures, along with those of rival OpenAI, offer an important gauge of the AI industry's growth and ability to finance the infrastructure needed to develop the technology.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

And on Thursday, the producer-price index will be the last reading to help investors gauge the toll of surging diesel prices in the United States before the midterm elections.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

I blinked the sleep from my eyes and tried to gauge the time from the position of the sun.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

A widening gap between stock and bond volatility gauges suggests equities could be overlooking inflation, borrowing, and interest-rate risks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

RBC also detects that during major drawdowns, confidence and sentiment gauges move sharply with readings like the National Federation of Independent Business and the American Association of Individual Investors dropping sharply.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

U.S. core inflation, a measure that strips out food and energy which gauges underlying price trends, rose 0.3% on month in August, beating expectations, data from the Labor Department showed on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In Asia, investors await a busy run of manufacturing and services surveys, including official and private gauges from China, Bank of Japan commentary and Australia’s growth data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The technicians were making the final adjustments, checking their meters and gauges.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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

As far as can be gauged, the Crown Prince's popularity remains high among young Saudis.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

It couldn’t be determined if they correctly gauged the pattern—or if they will raise premiums again next year partly as a result of the ever-costlier pool of enrollees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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

Each of these women, on her own, gauged the wind of her nation and used it to help her sister pilots get off the ground.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The index gauging future sales expectations and the index charting prospective buyer traffic both dropped five points, to 32 and 18, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

But there’s also been a slight shift back toward gauging the room for rate cuts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Kingsley looks at me, gauging if I’ve grasped the heartbreak of the moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

He touched the metal again, gauging its slickness.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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