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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
MacIntyre assessed the hulking animals’ vibe and deemed them a nonthreat.
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AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
Psychological well-being was measured by happiness, life satisfaction and fulfillment, while sleep measures were assessed using a detailed statistical method.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Bones found on Nikumaroro in 1940 were sent to Fiji, where they were assessed by a medical doctor as being male before going missing, Gillespie said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Massa assessed his legal options.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
What To Know HJR 201 was filed on October 16 in the Florida House and referred to the Select Committee on Property Taxes, where it is now being assessed.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
All boasting different approaches to fashion, the finalists were revealed during Copenhagen Fashion Week in August and selected by a panel of industry experts, who assessed entries based on criteria such as design talent and originality, sustainable credentials and business strategy.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
The impact of James’ ruling on the House District 70 lawsuit could not be immediately assessed, but Democratic Party leaders celebrated the decision.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
The companies were assessed on recommendations along with detailed evaluations across six key areas, including professionalism, care of belongings, price and punctuality.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
Psychological well-being was measured by happiness, life satisfaction and fulfillment, while sleep measures were assessed using a detailed statistical method.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Bones found on Nikumaroro in 1940 were sent to Fiji, where they were assessed by a medical doctor as being male before going missing, Gillespie said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Massa assessed his legal options.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
What To Know HJR 201 was filed on October 16 in the Florida House and referred to the Select Committee on Property Taxes, where it is now being assessed.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
All boasting different approaches to fashion, the finalists were revealed during Copenhagen Fashion Week in August and selected by a panel of industry experts, who assessed entries based on criteria such as design talent and originality, sustainable credentials and business strategy.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
The impact of James’ ruling on the House District 70 lawsuit could not be immediately assessed, but Democratic Party leaders celebrated the decision.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
The companies were assessed on recommendations along with detailed evaluations across six key areas, including professionalism, care of belongings, price and punctuality.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessed
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Though the Maldives is the first country to enact such a ban, similar proposals have been debated – and nearly imposed – in other parts of the world.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Pentagon recently imposed the most stringent access restrictions of the term, requiring that all reporters covering the Defense Department in person sign a restrictive press policy prohibiting them from soliciting any information the department has not authorized for release.—
Scott Nover,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
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Melissa generated torrential rains, causing flooding with more than 12 inches of rain estimated, CNN reported.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The four murals went to three separate buyers and are estimated to have collectively fetched $20 million, though no sum has been officially disclosed.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The defendant had initially been charged with two counts of conspiring to create and distribute animal crush videos, but prosecutors agreed to reduce that to just one count in exchange for a guilty plea from Morelli.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Both sides have also charged one another with mistreatment of detainees and failure to uphold the spirit of the ceasefire deal.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the high-flying dot-com days, AOL also engineered what is widely considered among the worst mega-mergers ever with its deal for Time Warner to create AOL Time Warner, completed in January 2001, which was valued at a staggering $350 billion at the time.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Bright prides himself on his defense, which is something valued highly by Mascherano, who also was known as a relentless defensive midfielder.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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The decision drew the ire of then-NBA commissioner David Stern, who levied a $250,000 dollar fine against the Spurs.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The wholesale tax would be levied on marijuana sold or otherwise transferred to retailers.—
Adrienne Roberts,
Freep.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Young has begun rehabilitation and will be re-evaluated in approximately four weeks.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The team said he was being evaluated for a concussion.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Between 2020 and 2025, the more than seventeen thousand zoos, labs, breeders, and classrooms currently covered by the Animal Welfare Act were fined just a hundred and twenty times, according to an analysis by the Animal Welfare Institute.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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On May 12, the developer was issued a violation and fined $21,000.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Assessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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