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He said they were gauging evidence of the local appetite with a questionnaire so they could then potentially apply for funding.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2023

“But we’d been there so many times, and there was no urgency for anyone to get off the water at that time. We were watching it. We were gauging it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Both sides were gauging whether it was worthwhile for the two men, who have not met in person since Mr. Biden won the election, to try and defuse the worst of the tensions.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

Investors unnerved by the fallout from heavily indebted Chinese real estate company Evergrande were gauging the potential for a wider shakeout after a selloff hit stocks around the world.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2021

A gleam of amusement played upon his lips; but as he regarded Elza, I saw another look—of speculation, as though he were gauging her.

From Tarrano the Conqueror by Cummings, Ray