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as in imposing
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 estimating
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
let's step back and assess the situation
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Recent Examples of assessing
Especially in industries where buying cycles are long and impact is hard to track, marketers face unique challenges when assessing the effectiveness of their efforts.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Contact your credit card issuer’s debt settlement department After assessing your debt liability, call each credit card issuer and ask to speak to someone in their debt settlement department.
—Kirk Pepi, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
So organizations need to react to this now to ensure everyone understands the procedures and policies around verifying and critically assessing information before acting on it.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The continuous monitoring of near-Earth objects (NEOs) is a crucial part of their work in assessing for potential risks.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Response teams are actively assessing the scene of the crash, according to military officials.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Insurers are in the business of making money by accurately assessing risk — an increasingly tough thing to do in a rapidly-changing climate.
—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
As of Thursday morning, the aircraft remained submerged in the harbor, with response teams actively assessing the scene, a Navy spokesperson said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Most local advocates are largely still assessing how to approach the emergency order.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Contact your credit card issuer’s debt settlement department After assessing your debt liability, call each credit card issuer and ask to speak to someone in their debt settlement department.
—Kirk Pepi, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
So organizations need to react to this now to ensure everyone understands the procedures and policies around verifying and critically assessing information before acting on it.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The continuous monitoring of near-Earth objects (NEOs) is a crucial part of their work in assessing for potential risks.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Response teams are actively assessing the scene of the crash, according to military officials.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Insurers are in the business of making money by accurately assessing risk — an increasingly tough thing to do in a rapidly-changing climate.
—Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
As of Thursday morning, the aircraft remained submerged in the harbor, with response teams actively assessing the scene, a Navy spokesperson said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025
Most local advocates are largely still assessing how to approach the emergency order.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessing
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These executive orders have addressed a broad range of policy areas, including imposing tariffs that has escalated trade tensions and provoked retaliatory measures from foreign governments.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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It could be argued that imposing retaliatory tariffs on electricity exports might encourage American states to seek more cost-effective energy alternatives, particularly those based on fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.—
Ali Hoss,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The dolphin deaths that are happening on the beaches are making this event even more tragic, Warner said, estimating that by the start of this week, more than 50 dolphins just in Los Angeles County had died.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Orange County Register,
20 Mar. 2025
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Potentially more than 46,000 vehicles could require the fix, Tesla said, while conservatively estimating that only 1 percent of cars are likely defective.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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Riders always have access to the entire phone screen and the charging port or audio jack.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Do some research to see what people in your area are charging to make sure your price fits and can recoup your upfront costs.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
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Much of the recent bond flow has been going into ultrashort Treasuries, and evaluating those flows is a major focus for the conference.—
Bob Pisani,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2025
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The other international companies were evaluating what to do next.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Assessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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