gauge
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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
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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
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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
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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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