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We amassed an audience before the mag had been printed, and we were able to gauge interest in articles we had slated for our first issue.

The satellite relayed the news to astronomers and ground-based telescopes, which were able to gauge the distance of the explosion by the lengthening of light-waves in the fading fireball.

Looking at the competition's results, Sotheby's experts were able to gauge the market and persuade consignors to lower their reserves (the secret minimums generally agreed upon by the auction house and the seller).

Mr. Hayes and his colleagues were able to gauge the drop in lake levels by simply noting the shrinkage of dark nonreflecting areas and combining that with measurements of the slope of the lake bottom.

The benefits for delay is that the other arena and stadium around the city opened, so we have Jets and Giants opening before us and we were able to gauge and calibrate our product based on the fact that the world shifted and people needed different price points for things like sponsorship and suites.

Researchers were able to gauge the mass of the star by measuring the slowing speed of those pulses as they passed through the gravitational field of its companion star an effect predicted by Einstein's theory of relativity.

"The one thing I haven't been able to gauge is disease resistance," he said.

Some other animals may be able to gauge linear acceleration and use that to determine distance.

Being able to gauge speed, distance and calories burned is great motivation.

The goals, 20 in total, are specific enough to be able to gauge whether progress is being made, he said.

I'm hoping that just by giving him space, I'll be able to gauge what he needs".