Example Sentences

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Since the earliest days of the pandemic, health officials have gauged the threat of COVID-19 by comparing it to the flu.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

A few small clinical trials have gauged whether taurine supplements help older people.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 7, 2023

Conventional wisdom would still have gauged success in terms of military victory, in each case, rather than such matters as adherence to international law or regard for human life.

From Salon • May 1, 2023

There have been no major polls since the death of Floyd in Minneapolis that have gauged public support on Confederate monuments and buildings.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2020

You wish to win his love, and you have gauged the possibilities of it so accurately that you know you will have but to ask, be it his honor or his life.

From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold