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Davis estimated that the river’s annual flow averaged out to 16.4 million acre-feet a year, based on gauge data from 1899 through 1921.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the latest informal straw poll held last week to gauge which candidates have a shot of becoming the next UN Secretary General, every contender received an effective veto.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Retail sales, a gauge of household spending, rose 1.1% in September, up from 0.4% in August but down from 3% a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Its revenue figures, along with those of rival OpenAI, offer an important gauge of the AI industry's growth and ability to finance the infrastructure needed to develop the technology.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Even at a distance of miles, it was clearly massive, but how to properly gauge its height, in light of the fact that...it didn’t stand upon the ground?

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

A widening gap between stock and bond volatility gauges suggests equities could be overlooking inflation, borrowing, and interest-rate risks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

In Asia, investors await a busy run of manufacturing and services surveys, including official and private gauges from China, Bank of Japan commentary and Australia’s growth data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

I rubbed away at the gauges, wondering what had brought on this outburst, and was somewhat relieved that he seemed to hold nothing against me personally.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

Demand at the German auction will be gauged for signs of weakness after some “technically uncovered” German auctions recently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 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

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

The index gauging future sales expectations and the index charting prospective buyer traffic both dropped five points, to 32 and 18, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The company is in the process of gauging investor appetite; The Wall Street Journal has previously reported it could raise as much as $100 billion in an offering that values it near $2 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

Lazlo squinted across the distance, gauging the blocks’ position relative to the great seraph overhead.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor