gauge
verb (used with object)
to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
have been gauging
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present perfect progressiveof gauge.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For months, people have been gauging their own level of risk tolerance and deciding which precautions they wish to continue.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
The Pentagon and South Korean military officials have been gauging how large the military exercises should be this year.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
John G. Geer at Vanderbilt University and I have been gauging the effectiveness of this and other political ads by asking randomly assigned groups of people to react to and evaluate them all year.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2016
Geological Survey, along with other governmental and academic partners, have been gauging the potential for tsunamis generated by landslides in submarine canyons in the mid-Atlantic to strike the U.S.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2011
Aviation leaders, forced to gather virtually by the pandemic, have been gauging its longer-term fallout at the World Aviation Festival, after more than a year of lockdowns.
From Reuters
