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as in analyzed
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships
the company assayed a sample of the rock to see if it contained gold in quantities worth mining
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as in tried
to make an effort to do
assaying the task of writing his autobiography
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Underground, buried fiber-optic cables can sense movement, capturing data that are also then analyzed by AI.
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Days later, Kelce tried and failed to give her a friendship bracelet with his phone number on it at her Kansas City show, the first domino to fall in the couple’s fabled romance.
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Commissioner Lyle tried to delay the vote, but Commission President Dillon shot it down, saying the City-County Council was waiting on the proposal to be sent their way.
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Streaming numbers are in their relative infancy and TV ratings are now dissected with multiplatform caveats.
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He was dissected in various media reports.
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According to authorities, store staff had been warned that the same suspects had allegedly attempted a similar scheme at a Costco location in Enfield, roughly a 30-minute drive north.
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The sheriff's office says that deputies and workers extricated the man and attempted life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The Legislative Analyst’s Office, the nonpartisan fiscal advisor for lawmakers, recently examined the increase in state spending since 2019-20, Newsom’s first full year in office.
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The study examined how concentrated each category is by measuring the share of top 10 mentions held by the top 3 brands.
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The facility, which Ruffin described as a regional jail run by an independent agency, has been essentially closed as damage is assessed, the State Bureau of Investigation said.
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City codes show violators of the nuisance ordinances could be assessed fines in municipal court.
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“Assayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assayed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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