ASSESSED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

assessed

verb

past tense of assess

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 WalletHub assessed hundreds of colleges and universities based on their graduation rates, post-attendance salaries, safety, and more. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Diversifying suppliers can help, but each alternative needs to be assessed for its actual cost and operational implications. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security assessed in June that the country's conventional air, naval and air defense forces had suffered severe damage during the conflict. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 The move came as investors assessed increasing competition from China's CXMT, which reported progress on a new chip structure. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,lee Ying Shan,sarah Min, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026 Airport operations suspended Saudi civil aviation authorities said airport operations were suspended and the extent of injuries and damage was being assessed. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Those results are then assessed against the story before moving through visual refinement and final delivery. — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 Montalvo said authorities had restricted a lane while engineers assessed the structure, emphasizing that public safety had to take precedence over traffic flow. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara said analysts from Ukraine's intelligence services, the General Staff and the Defense Ministry had assessed the strikes' effects. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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Loudspeakers around the protest site warned that gatherings of five or more people were banned in parts of New Delhi, as authorities imposed sweeping security restrictions rarely seen in the capital.

— Sheikh Saaliq, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
And just a few weeks after Trump signed a bill into law, sponsored by the late US Senator Lindsey Graham, allowing for punishing sanctions to be imposed on any country that bought Russian oil, Washington has now become a customer itself.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026

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After Palestinian medics took Levine away, the attackers charged again and hit several journalists with rocks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
He was cleared of that, but then fell out with a friend who had helped concoct his alibi in the libel case, and was charged with perjury.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026

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At the top end of the price range, Jio Platforms is valued at around $108 billion, much lower than previously expected.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
The study found that nearly 70,000 visitors came to the White River in a year and that the river's total economic impact was valued at $20 million.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of valued

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This comes after the league rescinded fines levied against 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk and Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson for pretending to chug an imaginary drink.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
The funding comes from the 6% tax levied on hotel room nights and short-term rental stays in Orange County – a pool of money likely to surpass $400 million this year, although much of that total is already allocated.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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The system has been evaluated through military exercises and training events and has supported operational use in Ukraine, providing BLADE with real-world insight into evolving unmanned ground requirements, according to a press release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Alabama star receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams was knocked out of the game twice, first with an apparent left leg injury and then to be evaluated for a concussion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2026

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