gage

as in guarantee
something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise in the old days a sheriff would take gage in the form of personal goods from an accused person who then had to appear in court or forfeit the goods

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Recent Examples of gage Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and fields upstream and downstream from the gage near the Interstate 20 bridge. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 About 90 gages hit the 100-year or greater threshold. Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2024 The gage was installed many years ago to measure water conditions, the release said. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024 Passively hang from bar, then en-gage core, lats, and glutes to perform a full pullup. Mallory Creveling, Women's Health, 23 Feb. 2023 No water ran through gage, but Curtis said that’s normal for this late in the summer. Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022 Cantore, whose Twitter coverage alone often spans multiple states, is an expert gage on the severity of adverse weather. Molly Weisner, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2021 In mid-June, the Charleston stream gage showed the flow dropped very close to zero. Ian James, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2021 The Fox River’s water height, known as gage, was 12.34 feet when measured Friday in South Elgin, nearly two feet lower than the 14.31 inches recorded in May 2020, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which maintains river data. Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2021
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Noun
  • The version Kyiv approved earlier does not include security guarantees, but says that the fund would be reinvested for the benefit of Ukraine.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Trump said on Friday that the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom struck a deal to avoid one of his executive orders by providing $100 million in pro bono work during the Trump administration -- among other guarantees.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That's pretty non-committal, and Musk doesn't always follow through on pledges to step down from senior roles.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Kazakhstan, a vast steppe nation with rich energy and agricultural resources, led with $43.8 billion last year, ahead of its target to hit $40 billion in annual two-way trade with China by 2030 — a pledge made by the country’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2023.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • However, fraudsters can take images from social media to create deepfakes that bypass these security measures.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Staffers reported long lines of employees returning their security passes and devices at the Voice of America building on Friday.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025

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“Gage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gage. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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