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[geyj] / geɪdʒ /




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Volume is a gauge of the amount of soda sold.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

There was no way to gauge the reaction in the room.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2026

To gauge what is happening behind the scenes, The Times used Claude Code to build a scraper to identify job postings at Disney, Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros.,

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

The reading marked the first acceleration in the gauge in three months and matched the consensus forecast of economists polled by data provider Quick.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Reyna met her eyes, as if trying to gauge how serious the offer was.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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

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

India’s central bank held rates steady on Friday, staying on pause as it gauges the impact of the Middle East conflict on the country’s currency and economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

The gauges, however, showed an amplitude within the green only.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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

Chevron shares were among the big gainers on Monday as investors gauged the impact of U.S. actions against Venezuela, including the capture of Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 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

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

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Kingsley looks at me, gauging if I’ve grasped the heartbreak of the moment.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Sitting in the center of the room, personally overseeing the tryouts, Wembanyama conducted a series of unusually loud job interviews—listening to chants, gauging volume and pressure-testing die-hard levels.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 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

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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