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as in imposed
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late
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as in estimated
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
let's step back and assess the situation
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Recent Examples of assessed
Players’ well-being and moods are constantly assessed, with Smith’s four full-time staff, which includes a qualified nurse, using World Health Organisation tools.
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George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Even so, the publication reported that 12% of the factories assessed had at least one freedom of association or collective bargaining violation (44 out of 381 factories), and documented 17 cases where workers were prevented from forming or joining a union freely.
—Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Students in grades three through eight and grade 11 take the assessment for English language arts and math while students in just three grades (in fifth, eighth and once in high school) are assessed for science.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Pound falls Regional defense stocks also sold off on Tuesday morning as investors assessed the possible impact of a rare earths supply bottleneck.
—Tasmin Lockwood,chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
For months, Israel had assessed that Hamas may not be able to find and return all the remaining dead hostages.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
These fees will continue to be assessed and billed via property taxes through June 30, 2026.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
The man advantage was created when Alex Gaffney was assessed a kneeing penalty despite clearly hitting Reschny with his hip when the latter was attempting to turn up ice from behind his own net.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection could have fined the company more than $3 million under the 2022 agreement, which allowed for daily penalties to be assessed.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Even so, the publication reported that 12% of the factories assessed had at least one freedom of association or collective bargaining violation (44 out of 381 factories), and documented 17 cases where workers were prevented from forming or joining a union freely.
—Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Students in grades three through eight and grade 11 take the assessment for English language arts and math while students in just three grades (in fifth, eighth and once in high school) are assessed for science.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Pound falls Regional defense stocks also sold off on Tuesday morning as investors assessed the possible impact of a rare earths supply bottleneck.
—Tasmin Lockwood,chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
For months, Israel had assessed that Hamas may not be able to find and return all the remaining dead hostages.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
These fees will continue to be assessed and billed via property taxes through June 30, 2026.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
The man advantage was created when Alex Gaffney was assessed a kneeing penalty despite clearly hitting Reschny with his hip when the latter was attempting to turn up ice from behind his own net.
—Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection could have fined the company more than $3 million under the 2022 agreement, which allowed for daily penalties to be assessed.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessed
Verb
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Trump had previously imposed 145% tariffs on China, then put them on hold to allow negotiations to play out.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Trump made his latest tariff threat on Friday after China imposed new restrictions on rare earth exports.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Forest’s financial position is outlined in more detail here, but in short, they are estimated to be on the wrong side of these financial rulings.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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It is estimated that a single large-area satellite, one 50 meters in diameter, would encounter over 100 micrometeoroid strikes each year in low-Earth orbit.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Avoid any water that may be charged with electricity and do not attempt to walk through floodwaters.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Jail logs say that Charles Anthony Boatwright, charged with murder by Baltimore police, was held in the Mecklenburg County jail for almost three months.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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My values include the beliefs that all of our students should feel safe, respected, and valued in our schools, that decisions should be made on the best available evidence and data, that our kids are not political pawns, that inclusion creates opportunity, and that schools shouldn’t ban books.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Their perspective seems to point to the fact that more practical, hard skills—such as how credit scores work, or how to pay off credit card debt—are valued over the soft skills that great works of literature might impress on young minds.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The bond items, if approved by voters, would be a continuation of a portion of the sales tax the city already implements, and no new taxes would be levied.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Oct. 2025
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In other fine news, the Cardinals levied a $100,000 penalty against coach Jonathan Gannon for a sideline confrontation with running back Emari Demercado.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dart was slow to get up but jogged off the field on his own and went to the injury tent to be evaluated for a concussion.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, Dart was able to jog off the field and directly go to the medical tent to be evaluated, resulting in Russell Wilson coming into the game in place of Dart.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Branch has been fined a total of $118,391 over the last two seasons, with his most recent offense coming in Week 3 when he was hit with an $11,598 fine for a low block against the Baltimore Ravens.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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If found guilty of a level 5 felony, Sanchez could be imprisoned anywhere from one to six years at an Indiana penitentiary and fined up to $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Assessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessed. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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