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"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

Retail sales – a gauge of consumption – could offer a bright spot, with the WSJ poll guiding for a rise of 1.4% in July versus 1.0% the prior month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In early U.S. trading, Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, was around $89 a barrel, while the U.S. oil gauge West Texas Intermediate traded above $83 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

It had some kind of a dial or gauge on it to read—I couldn’t see from where I was, but he held it in front of his mask and turned it slowly, studying it.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

The July gauges of factory activity suggest exports will likely remain strong, while domestic demand continues to lag behind, as new export orders held up better than overall new orders, economists said.

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

The modality generally lends itself to better fidelity, a measure of accuracy that gauges how closely a quantum operation matches its intended target.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Among them were Alvarez and Serber, who had been sharing a tent on Tinian for two months, preparing for their assignment tending gauges to be dropped by parachute with the bomb itself.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Soon after the start of the war, as markets gauged the effect of higher energy costs, investors expected as many as four interest-rate increases this year from the current 3.75% level.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 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

“Bitcoin is getting slammed because worsening liquidity conditions gauged by financial institution reserves and the increasing use of the standing repo facility together depress speculative activities,” Torres told MarketWatch via email.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025

Instead, Emily, breathing quietly in the darkness, gauged the state of the household by straining to listen.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

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

The brokerages are also gauging customer interest now to advocate for a bigger piece when the time comes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Darin steps in front of me and glances at the fence, as if gauging the time it will take to reach it.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir