as in guarantee
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise
in the old days a sheriff would take gage in the form of personal goods from an accused person who then had to appear in court or forfeit the goods
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Recent Examples of gage
Water on the Town and Country hotel parking lot adjacent to the river and USGS gage.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
The analysis tracked all the instances in which the gages reached a daily average height at or above flooding levels since the year 2000.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
The initial symptoms may present as constipation; poor feeding; a drooping eyelid; sluggish pupils; flattened facial expression; diminished suck and gage reflexes; weak and altered cry and respiratory difficulty, the CDC adds.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
From the San Luis Valley in Colorado to below Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico, the compact called for gages to monitor the river, ensuring downstream obligations were met.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
At 11 feet, The railroad bridge about three quarters of a mile upstream from the gage can restrict the flow.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The river begins to overflow its banks in some areas upstream of the gage site.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
The Lunar Module didn't have an accurate fuel gage.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
The analysis tracked all the instances in which the gages reached a daily average height at or above flooding levels since the year 2000.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
The initial symptoms may present as constipation; poor feeding; a drooping eyelid; sluggish pupils; flattened facial expression; diminished suck and gage reflexes; weak and altered cry and respiratory difficulty, the CDC adds.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
From the San Luis Valley in Colorado to below Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico, the compact called for gages to monitor the river, ensuring downstream obligations were met.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
At 11 feet, The railroad bridge about three quarters of a mile upstream from the gage can restrict the flow.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The river begins to overflow its banks in some areas upstream of the gage site.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
The Lunar Module didn't have an accurate fuel gage.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gage
Noun
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There’s no guarantee halted research will be picked up elsewhere, whether by private industry or other countries.—
Rachana Pradhan,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ocean-facing balconies, a guarantee across any room category, may or may not have a plunge pool.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But the 2 World Trade Center announcement represents a big step, physically and symbolically, in fulfilling a pledge of renewal at ground zero.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Big Tech to sign pledge on data center power costs.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This was no coincidence — a security source told Channel 12 that a daylight strike was chosen to surprise Tehran, which was expecting any strike to occur at night.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Feb. 2026
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The administration and Anthropic disagree on who controls AI usage in domestic security and battlefields.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Gage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gage. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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