Example Sentences

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Now, part of the approval process is gauging sequel potential.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Another challenge for investors is gauging the potential for worker shortages as infections rise, and assessing how the overall population responds to living with COVID.

From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2022

Opposition leaders clamored to decipher Rajapaksa’s intentions: whether he would indeed quit or whether his silence is a sign that he is gauging his options for a protracted fight.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2022

What the umpire’s actually doing is gauging a baseball’s relative position as it travels 95 miles an hour into a three-dimensional area.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2018

Bob Carter, who heads Toyota's sales in the U.S., says the company is gauging how car- and ride-sharing companies such as Uber will affect their business.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2015