1
as in analyzing
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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2
as in trying
to make an effort to do
assaying the task of writing his autobiography
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaying
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In analyzing Charlotte’s guard-heavy roster, many pundits externally don’t view the Hornets’ frontline as a strength.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025 -
Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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What are Louisville and Kentucky leaders trying to achieve with all the road work downtown?—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Oct. 2025
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Reliever Luke Weaver melted down again, and then seemed lost trying to explain it postgame.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Bonitto said he’s made a habit of dissecting the cadences of opposing quarterbacks on film and studying them throughout the week.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Similar reasoning can be applied when dissecting the playing time uptick veteran wideout David Moore saw Sunday; Moore played 56 snaps Sunday (97%), which is more than every other offensive player who is not a lineman or who doesn’t have the last name Young.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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IndyStar is attempting to reach that man.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
4 Oct. 2025
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The city received the inquiry while its lawyers were in court attempting to stop the deployment of National Guard troops to help protect federal property.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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For businesses, assessing the actual costs of climate change was too difficult to measure and the damages seemed too far out.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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This is especially true for the young Latine children and families who are striving to learn the local language and customs of a country that’s already waging war against them.—
Priscilla Blossom,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Utah’s state government posted a message on its website this week that officials are monitoring events in Washington connected with national park funding and are striving to protect the national parks in Utah.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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This musical blends gospel and Motown with operatic stylings to illuminate the changing times of the Civil Rights era while examining social and familial issues still prevalent today.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The exhibition is devoted to examining modes of representation in different mediums where artists have addressed the concept of mourning, commemoration, and loss as a direct response to the national emergency of black grief.—
Simon Njami,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Assaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaying. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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