assaying

verb

present participle of assay
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
  1. analyzing
  2. trying
  3. dissecting
  4. attempting
  5. assessing
  6. striving
  7. examining
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  • Leaders need to be objective in analyzing the situation and making appropriate changes.
    — John Abusaid, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • If Claude could take over that cycle, designing, running, and analyzing experiments, would progress accelerate gradually… or suddenly explode?
    — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of analyzing
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  • Taiwanese authorities in March investigated three men for trying to smuggle Super Micro computer servers containing advanced Nvidia chips to China.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Now the teams that try to build up are trying to find solutions against man-to-man.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of trying
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  • Fans ran with the speculation, dissecting the actors’ every interaction.
    — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Before dissecting a scene, Dalton studies the character within the story.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • Having already served a yearlong jail sentence for an Orinda bank robbery in 2018, Luchin was indicted last year on charges of attempting to rob three San Francisco banks in the same day.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of attempting an abundance of field goals, Butker and the place-kicking unit ran onto the field every 20 minutes or so for an attempt.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of attempting
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  • Rather than assessing individual process decisions separately, the new system is intended to examine multiple design options and weigh competing factors together.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Investors and startup CEOs are keenly studying the variations in how much an African tech startup can hope to raise as a signal for assessing the ecosystem’s health.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of assessing
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  • Winner of The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation Tikkun Olam Award recognizing films which emphasize the responsibility and capacity of individuals and collectives to embody change and justice in striving towards a better future.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Arnetra and her sister, Akiva, described Darius as a joker, always striving to bring joy to those around him.
    — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of striving
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  • Reuters reported the same day that lawyers are examining who could bear responsibility when autonomous AI systems access computer systems without authorization.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The film captures the friction between tennis snobs and the more democratic pickleballers while examining father-son relationships and intergenerational friendships.
    — Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of examining
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