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as in tax
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
hated paying the annual assessment on his car
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as in appraisal
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
I'm far too quiet, in the assessment of my new boss
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as in evaluation
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
we may have been too hasty in our assessment of the value of the property
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Recent Examples of assessment
The memorial has been given a Level 1 special event assessment rating, a senior Department of Homeland Security official said – the highest such designation.
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
Attempts to measure empathy are further complicated by the fact that doctors’ assessments of their own empathy levels often do not correlate with patients’ experiences of their care.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
His decades of experience managing ever-larger water systems, including CAP, and his deep knowledge of how the many moving parts of the huge basin worked were all part of his assessment.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This significant upsurge is a result of a positive assessment from Citron Research, a prominent newsletter led by renowned short-seller Andrew Left, which suggested that the market is undervaluing LoanDepot’s mortgage servicing portfolio.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
Attempts to measure empathy are further complicated by the fact that doctors’ assessments of their own empathy levels often do not correlate with patients’ experiences of their care.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
His decades of experience managing ever-larger water systems, including CAP, and his deep knowledge of how the many moving parts of the huge basin worked were all part of his assessment.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This significant upsurge is a result of a positive assessment from Citron Research, a prominent newsletter led by renowned short-seller Andrew Left, which suggested that the market is undervaluing LoanDepot’s mortgage servicing portfolio.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessment
Noun
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That deal was struck in lieu of a retaliatory capital tax on foreign investors that was passed in the House version of the bill but was later removed by the Senate.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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The protests, called Make Billionaires Pay, have been planned to coincide with world leaders coming to New York for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week and seek to make billionaires pay higher tax, support the climate and protect migrants.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Emblematic of second-wave feminism, the series earned consistent positive critical and awards appraisal, earning 29 Emmys throughout its seven-season run and cementing itself as among the crème de la crème of TV offerings then and now.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
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The store offers appraisal and gold buy services too.—
Jessica Peralta,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The hair transplant process at Smile Hair Clinic begins with a detailed preliminary evaluation.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Compliance And Regulatory Alignment Organizations should engage with their compliance teams early in the evaluation process to ensure virtual secure room implementations meet all regulatory requirements.—
Julian Durand,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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According to estimates in the report, 16 million pounds of excess fertilizer were applied to farm fields statewide in 2022 alone.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Deflating Rönnbäck’s estimates appropriately gives a real rate of return of between 9 and 11 percent annually.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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In its estimation due to low fertility rates, all population growth from 2040 onwards will be as a result of immigration.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Throughout his time at the newspapers, Wolfson became a master at writing profiles — more than 50 biographies of lawyers and judges and nearly as many of people who weren’t lawyers, by his estimation.—
Joseph Gerth,
Louisville Courier Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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Auditors frequently canvas in-state neighborhoods in an effort to identify some degree of presence justifying a residency examination.—
Tom Cullinan,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The entire project took around five months—a speedy time frame thanks to Stone’s careful examination of what could be reworked versus what needed to be entirely redone.—
Juliet Izon,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Assessment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessment. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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