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as in imposes
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 estimates
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
let's step back and assess the situation
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Recent Examples of assesses
Simplifi meets rigorous security certifications, such as SOC 2, which are part of a comprehensive external audit that assesses the security, confidentiality and privacy of a program’s data.
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Amy Deyoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Valentino co-founded the Early Warning Project, which assesses the risk of mass atrocities around the world.
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M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
The report by the city auditor’s office found that there are gaps in how the city assesses costs, collects data and determines successful outcomes for unsheltered residents.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
The annual Water Quality Report Card assesses water quality at public beaches including Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy, and Hull using Department of Conservation and Recreation data.
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Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Personalised programme The experience begins with a session on the 3D body scanner, which analyses your body’s composition, takes 14 measurements, assesses your flexibility and calculates your metabolic age.
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Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
4 June 2026
The senator from Connecticut assesses the pursuit of profit has undermined virtue and character and offers new policies that challenge the status quo.
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Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Additionally, the brand’s Living Wage Program, a supply chain initiative that assesses living wage benchmarks based on regional costs of living, continued with eight suppliers.
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Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
This also assesses how well a leader knows their direct reports.
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Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Amy Deyoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Valentino co-founded the Early Warning Project, which assesses the risk of mass atrocities around the world.
—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
The report by the city auditor’s office found that there are gaps in how the city assesses costs, collects data and determines successful outcomes for unsheltered residents.
—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
The annual Water Quality Report Card assesses water quality at public beaches including Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy, and Hull using Department of Conservation and Recreation data.
—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Personalised programme The experience begins with a session on the 3D body scanner, which analyses your body’s composition, takes 14 measurements, assesses your flexibility and calculates your metabolic age.
—
Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
4 June 2026
The senator from Connecticut assesses the pursuit of profit has undermined virtue and character and offers new policies that challenge the status quo.
—
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Additionally, the brand’s Living Wage Program, a supply chain initiative that assesses living wage benchmarks based on regional costs of living, continued with eight suppliers.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
This also assesses how well a leader knows their direct reports.
—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assesses
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Not work-life-balance-wise, but that’s sort of one of the ways that imposes itself.
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The charging-time penalty the new method imposes could be less than three seconds per session—a pretty tolerable penalty for a potential gain of two or three extra years of useful battery life.
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The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that the 5% tax would generate tens of billions of dollars in the first few years, but that income tax revenues could subsequently decline by hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
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McDermott estimates the cost to the Union over that period to be about $2 million, possibly more if participating schools form after-school programs related to soccer.
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And the market still values the company as a stack of separate apps.
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SpaceX formally agreed Tuesday to buy Cursor in an all-stock deal that values the company at $60 billion.
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But two of the court’s three liberal justices still want a course correction on how the court evaluates gun regulations.
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The city council is currently working on a surveillance technology policy, including a standardized process for how the city evaluates and monitors technologies that collect data on the public.
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The pastor appraises the image.
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The appraisal district appraises the market value of residential, commercial and industrial property for tax purposes.
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