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Unlike the U.S., which gives a detailed breakdown weekly of private and government stockpiles, much of the developing world is tougher to gauge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

A gauge of prices that companies pay for supplies, however, stayed above the critical 70% threshold for the fifth time in the past six months.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Only after we accept that Nolan is solely interested in human mistakes can we gauge his disregard for the Greek gods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The result was better than the official gauge, which dropped to 49.2 in July, from 50.3 in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Kendra leaned forward and checked the gas gauge.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

As large swings in individual stocks have recently dwarfed moves for the S&P 500 as a whole, the spread between two important gauges of implied volatility has expanded to its widest level on record.

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

Murrell made several purchases for a Netatmo weather station including rain gauges, wireless anemometers with wind speed and direction sensors and a mount.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Out of habit he checked his engine gauges and took a reading from his compass.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

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 the distance to the seat and prepared to jump for it.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

The monthly U.S. payrolls report used to be as much about gauging the Federal Reserve’s reaction as the actual number of Americans hired and fired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Steyer’s complaint included screenshots of an email sent to Reed’s talent agency by a gubernatorial campaign gauging her interest in producing paid content.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

There are no communications inside the VAR room, no mobile phones, no way of gauging if you've done the right thing.

From BBC ● May 10, 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