as in guarantees
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 gages
The analysis tracked all the instances in which the gages reached a daily average height at or above flooding levels since the year 2000.
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 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
Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gages
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Babiš has opposed some key European Union policies on environment and migration and rejected any financial aid for Ukraine and guarantees for EU loans to the country fighting the Russian invasion, joining the ranks of Prime Ministers Viktor Orbán of Hungary and Robert Fico of Slovakia.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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No guarantees are made with regards to results or financial gain.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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By the end of the evening, pledges exceeding $300 million had been secured.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Millions in donations and pledges were devoted to programs, events, advocacy groups, and awareness campaigns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Academics, investors, and data journalists like Nate Silver argued that highly liquid markets — where contracts can be bought and sold continuously, like securities — might produce powerful new predictive signals.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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Instead, his charge of securities fraud just evaporated.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Gages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gages. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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