gauge
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Some experts expect Unitree's market debut to be a gauge of investor appetite for the fast-growing humanoid robotics sector.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Hobby spending is a small amount of overall retail sales, but it's a good gauge of whether consumers have any money leftover in their budgets."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“We think wage growth remains the key labor market indicator as it continues to gauge the extent of second round inflation effects from the Gulf conflict,” RBC Capital Markets strategists said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
This gauge is based on the difference between the yield on a 5-year Treasury note and its inflation-protected cousin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Passing by, you could gauge the progress of the next meal—and Viola’s temper—by the level of pot noise.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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"He can't see the enemy. He doesn't know what's going on topside. His job is to watch the two gauges in the engine room," Kudler says.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Record-low levels were already measured at other Rhine gauges in North Rhine-Westphalia, such as in Cologne and Duisburg-Ruhrort, over the weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
But some gauges of momentum-stock performance were doing much worse.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Their team also installed rain gauges and went into the field each week with advanced laser-imaging technology, known as lidar, to measure and track the cliffs before and after a collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
There were all sorts of switches and gauges.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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
The S&P 500 has slid 2.5% in March, while the U.S. bond market, as gauged by the iShares Core U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 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
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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
But there’s also been a slight shift back toward gauging the room for rate cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
It is the first step to start gauging investor interest in what would probably be one of the biggest IPOs in history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
An index gauging repayment rates on farm loans fell in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, which surveys lenders in five Midwestern states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Lazlo squinted across the distance, gauging the blocks’ position relative to the great seraph overhead.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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