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gauge

[gayj] / geɪdʒ /




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The analysis, they said, was intended to gauge which retailers AI tended to associate with different consumer needs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The ISM’s main gauge was virtually unchanged at 54.5%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

U.S. stocks rose, boosted by data showing the U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter while a key inflation gauge held steady.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Investors are awaiting Wednesday's release of personal consumption expenditure data for October, with the Fed's preferred gauge of inflation likely to play a key role at its policy meeting at the end of October.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

I glanced back at him, trying to gauge his mood, but he only looked tired.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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

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

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

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, fell short of a consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal, which had expected an improvement to minus 15.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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

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

Private-sector pay growth—an important metric for the central bank in gauging the durability of inflation—slowed to 2.8% in the three months through July, from 2.9% in the previous period, according to data released Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The British social attitude survey, carried out by the National Centre for Social Research, has been gauging public opinion since 1983.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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

For him, silence was a precise instrument for gauging respect.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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