"gauged against" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to mean "an examination or assessment of something against a standard." For example, "Her performance was gauged against that of her peers to determine her eligibility for a scholarship."
Their foreign-exchange reserves are much smaller than Brazil's when gauged against their external-financing requirements.
"That way, the level of financial commitment can be gauged against how quickly the economy can bounce back and sustain a very significant transaction," he said.
Its endless repetition surely entitles the public to require the direction of policy to be gauged against this ethical litmus test.
But analysts also noted a flight to precious metals, including gold, as the reverberations from Europe and the debt talks were gauged against the bigger picture of an uneven economic recovery.
Registrations should be gauged against the level of requirements applicable at the moment of submission.
Shares of Netflix were up slightly in extended trading, likely a combination of those questions around U.S. growth gauged against its strong performance this quarter.
That doesn't mean they can't finish, maybe with a new personal best, perhaps with an accomplishment that required as much perseverance and intensity as what gets a "natural" athlete what Harrison calls "a real trophy". Doing as much as possible with what one has been given is an achievement – a unique achievement, hard to gauge against all the others, but a real one nonetheless.
Because they gauged credit spreads against swap (interbank) yields, swaps became the credit market's new benchmark.
We have a sort of hedonistic computer in our brains, gauging pleasure against pain, constantly appraising actions.
I don't have anything to gauge it against when I discipline them because my dad wasn't there, so I'm learning as I go along.
If the offense wants to gauge itself against the Ravens' defense, as wide receiver Wayne Chrebet said it does, then the defense will use itself as a measuring stick.
