gauge
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Worries about the future supply of bonds can also push those yields higher—making the gap between short and long-term yields a very rough gauge of investors’ fiscal concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, a gauge of builder confidence in the market for newly built single family housing, increased to 37 in May from 34 in April.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Wall Street’s favorite fear gauge, the VIX, had a pre-pandemic five-year average of 15.1.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
One way to gauge the the progress is to look at how much students learned in a typical year of instruction.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
As the years went on, her aunt seemed to gauge in a look the icy distances that Elizabeth had put between them, and that would certainly never be conquered now.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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