gauge
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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
China’s role in the oil market remains difficult to gauge, with its demand trajectory likely to be a key swing factor over the next year, according to market watchers.
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
At 9:19, operators used battery power to read the water level inside the reactor, and the gauge showed that the fuel rods were still covered by about 8 inches of water.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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China’s economic activity showed signs of improvement in September, with official gauges of manufacturing, services and construction activity all picking up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
The third and final part of Flight’s argument is based on a macroeconomic framework from Citadel that gauges market expectations for economic growth and Fed interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 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
Out of habit, she gazed up toward the ceiling, as if she might see her father there on his ladder, tinkering with the sprinkler system, the temperature gauges, and the lights.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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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
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
Raymond Clayborn returned a touchdown ninety-five yards for a score in that game, indicating that when it came to football, Darrell Royal had shrewdly gauged the ex- pendability of Joe Bob Bizzell.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Once he had his foot in the door as an intern, success became an obsession, with bonuses becoming "a way of gauging how wonderfully successful a human being I was".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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
As investors increasingly search for bottlenecks in the globe-spanning supply chain for AI, gauging whether profits will meet the hype, Micron suggested a worldwide scramble for memory shows no sign of slowing down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Victor and Lorena glance at each other as though gauging who should respond, but it is Elizabeth who answers first.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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