gauge
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Micron stock was rising as investors look ahead to its earnings and gauge predictions for memory-chip prices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
So, to gauge how the job market has shifted for each cohort, Levanon compared current unemployment rates for the different groups with their own range of unemployment rates since 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Fractons, exotic quasiparticles previously predicted in quantum spin liquids using highly generalized gauge field theories, have now also appeared in simulations of a more realistic quantum solid-state model.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. oil gauge, traded just shy of $93 a barrel Monday, compared with around $67 before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
I looked back to gauge the progress of our pursuers, and whether they followed—and ’twas then I saw that Pomp had fallen behind the rest of us, cut off.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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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
An updated dashboard from Azhar and research analyst Nathan Warren shows how their gauges look now versus a year ago — trouble for the AI boom is looming if two gauges are in the red.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
"He can't see the enemy. He doesn't know what's going on topside. His job is to watch the two gauges in the engine room," Kudler says.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Since then, the market has flashed several bullish signals, while some sentiment gauges have shown signs of improvement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
A second technician gauges Werner’s eye color against a chromatic scale on which sixty or so shades of blue are displayed.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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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
As far as can be gauged, the Crown Prince's popularity remains high among young Saudis.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
It’s cheaper than it was in 1948, when gauged on a sandwich-per-hour basis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 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
Instead, Emily, breathing quietly in the darkness, gauged the state of the household by straining to listen.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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The British social attitude survey, carried out by the National Centre for Social Research, has been gauging public opinion since 1983.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Plus, gauging the effectiveness of school phone bans, how the fallen ‘Nostradamus of AI’ got to the top of tech, Nvidia wants to run the world’s robots and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But there’s also been a slight shift back toward gauging the room for rate cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
But gauging by the name, I suspect Riley zapped it on his own script.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Incommunicative as he was, some time elapsed before I had an opportunity of gauging his mind.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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