The measure is considered a better gauge of a retailer's performance because it factors out sales in new stores.

The math test, once approved, is intended to be a better gauge of what students know than the current Regents exam.

The four-week average, which is considered a better gauge, subject to less volatility, fell to 351,750 from a revised 355,000.

The index for intermediate goods is a better gauge of inflationary trends several months away.

"This is a better gauge of the things we want our kids to do."

In fact, researchers report, the relationship seemed to be an even better gauge than body mass index, a measure of height and weight.

Analysts said the local-currency figures were a better gauge of the health of the business.

Some conservatives say this measure, called absolute mobility, is a better gauge of opportunity.

A better gauge would be the city's share of the dollar value of total foreign investment in the country.

There is no better gauge of its scale and cruelty than the orphan crisis.