gage

noun

ˈgāj How to pronounce gage (audio)
Definition of gagenext
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 The analysis tracked all the instances in which the gages reached a daily average height at or above flooding levels since the year 2000. — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025 Water on the Town and Country hotel parking lot adjacent to the river and USGS gage. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026 The initial symptoms may present as constipation; poor feeding; a drooping eyelid; sluggish pupils; flattened facial expression; diminished suck and gage reflexes; weak and altered cry and respiratory difficulty, the CDC adds. — Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025 From the San Luis Valley in Colorado to below Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico, the compact called for gages to monitor the river, ensuring downstream obligations were met. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gage
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  1. guarantee
  2. pledge
  3. security
Noun
  • The price equation If OPEC turns the spigots to max, a complex operation with no guarantee of success, all that oil may have nowhere to go.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Credit Saint Credit Restoration Highlights Credit Saint offers three packages for credit repair services and a 90-day money-back guarantee for services.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of guarantee
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  • But its Defense Investment Plan has been repeatedly delayed as military leaders and Treasury officials wrangled over the cost, and critics said its pledge of a 15-billion-pound ($20-billion) boost to defense spending won’t be enough.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Continue reading … POLICY PIVOT — Schools quietly remove gender identity pledge from LGBTQ training.
    — , FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of pledge
Noun
  • Video from the Reuters news agency showed security personnel patrolling the streets of Tehran ahead of funeral processions, which are expected to take place at multiple locations in Iran and Iraq.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • On one hand, the arena offers a level of privacy and security few locations can match.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of security

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“Gage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gage. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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