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also gages
1
as in estimates
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
glance over the pattern and try to gauge how much fabric you'll need
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2
as in measures
to find out the size, extent, or amount of
very difficult to gauge how upset he really is by his controlled reaction
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Recent Examples of gauges
Jake Angelo, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
The research firm's Secondhand Pricing Tracker gauges the resale premium — or the auction sale price of a bag compared to its original retail price — and is weighted by volume.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
Tracking river flooding River and tide gauges across the state that are near or at the flood stage will be shown on the map.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
Counter Culture starts you off with a quick quiz that gauges your preferences.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
Flood forecasts Along the coast, moderate to major flooding is forecast at nearly three dozen tide gauges from North Carolina to Long Island over the weekend, including the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Tensile strength gauges the maximum force a material can withstand before breaking when pulled apart.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
But overall, the popularity of different computer languages could become as obscure a topic as the relative popularity of railway track gauges.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
In business, profit margins are a performance metric that gauges the extent to which businesses are making money, similar to how the number of games a baseball team leads its division by determines its standing.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
At Starbucks stores, the company revised the dress code for baristas, suggesting employees wear solid black tops and remove ear gauges larger than a quarter.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
The research firm's Secondhand Pricing Tracker gauges the resale premium — or the auction sale price of a bag compared to its original retail price — and is weighted by volume.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
Tracking river flooding River and tide gauges across the state that are near or at the flood stage will be shown on the map.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
Counter Culture starts you off with a quick quiz that gauges your preferences.
—Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
Flood forecasts Along the coast, moderate to major flooding is forecast at nearly three dozen tide gauges from North Carolina to Long Island over the weekend, including the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Tensile strength gauges the maximum force a material can withstand before breaking when pulled apart.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
But overall, the popularity of different computer languages could become as obscure a topic as the relative popularity of railway track gauges.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
In business, profit margins are a performance metric that gauges the extent to which businesses are making money, similar to how the number of games a baseball team leads its division by determines its standing.
—Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauges
Verb
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Blackrock estimates that retail investors now account for almost 20% of average daily flows, up from low-single digit percentages before the pandemic.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Census Bureau annually estimates the population for the entire country and the states.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, the device measures pulse signals in the neck to estimate emotional state.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The extension measures 850 square feet, but the family is using just 200 square feet of it at first.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The figures are an addition to the New York Fed’s economic heterogeneity indicators, a series of data sets intended to track variations in the economy by geographic region and demographic and income groups.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Data for the Honeymoon Always study was sourced from World Bank Group’s crime indicators, health-capacity indicators, and tourism and population indicators, and supplemented by regional or territory-level tourism and population data.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Feb. 2026
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The state spent more than $20 billion without uniform standards to measure effectiveness.—
Julie Watts,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In Hong Kong, this positions MKS to contribute to the HKPMCC’s governance and system design, ensuring interoperability with global standards.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The lawyer figures Autos of Dallas sells 250 cars a month.—
Dave Lieber,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kansas basketball coach Bill Self figures to forever remember the night freshman sensation Darryn Peterson sank back-to-back 3-pointers in a span of 36 seconds to beat a talented Texas Tech team on the road.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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Rosanna Arquette is known for a lot of things, including being the eldest sibling in the famous Arquette family of actors, as well as for her roles in pop culture touchstones like 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan and 1994’s Pulp Fiction.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Its touchstones appeared to be recently booming phenomena including country music, TikTok tradwives, and mixed martial arts.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Zillow calculates the value of a typical home using the average middle third of home values (eliminating statistical anomalies at the high and low end).—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Randolph said then that the agency, known by the acronym CARB, calculates impacts to health and health disparities in certain communities but not the retail costs to consumers.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Consider the Trefis Reinforced Value (RV) Portfolio, which has outperformed its all-cap stock benchmark (a mix of the S&P 500, S&P mid-cap, and Russell 2000 benchmark indices), delivering strong returns for investors.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across much of the rest of the world.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Gauges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauges. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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