assays 1 of 2

plural of assay

assays

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of assay

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of assays
Noun
But while most of that capital flows into drug discovery, the white space is in clinical infrastructure—where predictive assays can shift spend from catastrophic claims to actuarial foresight. Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assays
Noun
  • Fresh analyses in 2025 argue that the Milky Way may sit within a billion-light-year-scale underdensity, about 20% less matter than average.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Early data analyses after Illinois eliminated cash bail in September 2023 show that jail populations declined with no uptick in failure-to-appear rates.
    Christine Scott-Hayward, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, the move is not going as planned with Hungary and Slovakia resisting attempts to wean their economies of Russian oil.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Another person advised the woman to keep a record of all her ex-boyfriend’s attempts to contact her amid the dispute over the necklace.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • His team analyzes fleet needs and comes up with a proposal that makes sense.
    Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The movie, which is set to hit theaters December 19, is based on the bestselling novel by Freida McFadden and centers on Millie (Sweeney), who tries to escape her past by accepting a job as a live-in housemaid for wealthy couple Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar).
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Wind chimes and similar elements were used to create a sound for the magical barrier known as the honmoon, the global harmony that Huntrix tries to achieve.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The hashtag campaigns gained traction on TikTok and Reddit, leading to calls for asset investigations, anti-corruption reforms and even transferring the assets of the wealthy to public ownership.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The criminal investigations chief spoke to ABC News about online betting risks.
    Patricio Chile, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In Sacrifice, Gavras dissects myth-making in its many forms.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite the glitz and glam of her showbiz career, Sweeney strives to keep her feet on the ground amid her growing It Girl status.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An assertive Iran has been especially a thorn in the side of Saudi Arabia, which strives to be the dominant Muslim majority power in the region.
    David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Assays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assays. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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