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as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
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as in appraisal
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
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Recent Examples of evaluation
The 2025 Best Children's Hospital announcement marks the 19th edition of the annual evaluation of pediatric hospitals by specialty and location.
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Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
After the Game 2 loss, Thomson was candid about his stars' performances and offered his evaluation of what the players are doing wrong.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Consultations start with an honest evaluation of the donor area, followed by a hairline design that respects facial features and age.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The hair transplant process at Turkey’s Smile Hair Clinic begins with a preliminary evaluation.
—Lyssanoel Frater, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
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Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
After the Game 2 loss, Thomson was candid about his stars' performances and offered his evaluation of what the players are doing wrong.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Consultations start with an honest evaluation of the donor area, followed by a hairline design that respects facial features and age.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The hair transplant process at Turkey’s Smile Hair Clinic begins with a preliminary evaluation.
—Lyssanoel Frater, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluation
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According to figures from a housing assessment released this April, the median house value in Fayetteville has grown 275% in the last two decades, and the median gross rent has increased 78%.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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Yet once someone had suggested the inherent instability in a relationship between writers, there seemed to be no way to defuse the assessment.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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In their announcement, Syracuse cited a Goldman Sachs appraisal that has the creator economy approaching $500 billion by 2027.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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This involves forcing carriers to issue appraisal provisions, a process which was made mandatory in the Lone Star State as of September 1 under Senate Bill 458, a legislation filed without Governor Greg Abbott’s signature this summer.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Here’s the good news before diving into the bad, and that’s this movie at a net $50M production cost with tax credits from Vancouver and New Mexico won’t lose much, estimates being in the $10M-$15M range.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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Still, critics say the sheer number of clinics — some estimates put it at 5,000 in Istanbul alone — makes enforcement difficult.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
6 Oct. 2025
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Shane Hubbard, a UW-Madison research scientist specializing in damage and loss estimation from disasters, said that misunderstandings of what type of insurance offers the most protection result in homeowners being left with hefty bills and little government assistance.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Much of this risk to hospitals is not captured by flood maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which have served as the nation’s de facto tool for flood estimation for half a century, despite being incomplete and sometimes decades out of date.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Another professor, Alma (Julia Roberts), is the first person Maggie speaks to about what happened, and Alma’s reaction sets up the film’s faceted examination of privilege, identity politics, and what goes on in a cloistered community hamstrung by its own mores.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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But after the examination at the vet’s office, the response was different.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Evaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluation. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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