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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
Stewart-Allen said that calculation needs to factor in the speed with which the public is assessing brand behaviors now, in a way that wasn’t happening before social media.
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Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Data is the lifeblood of innovation, providing a foundation for assessing advances and provides fuel to support curiosity.
—Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
The company also developed tools for assessing the bias in machine learning models.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
These experiences together have helped him, Bailey said, with assessing risks during planning, mitigating those risks and then applying the lessons learned on a mission.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Now, there's the possibly even more capable ball-shooting, performance-assessing, AI-packin' Aceii One.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
After Wednesday’s attack, the divides over assessing blame seemed as wide as ever.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
This tool, based on a publicly available, open-weight foundation model and further trained on the resumes of past successful hires, helps identify promising candidates by assessing their skills, experience, and fit.
—Anselm Küsters, Harvard Business Review, 24 Sep. 2025
The recent rate cut from the Federal Reserve will likely not be the last this year, which means investors need to start assessing their cash allocations, according to UBS.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Data is the lifeblood of innovation, providing a foundation for assessing advances and provides fuel to support curiosity.
—Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
The company also developed tools for assessing the bias in machine learning models.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
These experiences together have helped him, Bailey said, with assessing risks during planning, mitigating those risks and then applying the lessons learned on a mission.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Now, there's the possibly even more capable ball-shooting, performance-assessing, AI-packin' Aceii One.
—New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
After Wednesday’s attack, the divides over assessing blame seemed as wide as ever.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
This tool, based on a publicly available, open-weight foundation model and further trained on the resumes of past successful hires, helps identify promising candidates by assessing their skills, experience, and fit.
—Anselm Küsters, Harvard Business Review, 24 Sep. 2025
The recent rate cut from the Federal Reserve will likely not be the last this year, which means investors need to start assessing their cash allocations, according to UBS.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessing
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Meanwhile, for years, state legislatures have been passing laws that seek to reshape academic labor on the front end, by gutting funding for hires and imposing new criteria for appointment and retention.—
Time,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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In joint second place is City’s imposing 15 victories and one defeat in 16 Premier League matches against Bournemouth.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Tri-Land is estimating the project will cost $100 million.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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An allowance is also included for third-party estimating services and airport concessions planning.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Sep. 2025
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Is charging toward success worth jeopardizing connection?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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North Dakota and Maine have only 8% of homeowners in fee-charging associations, followed by Rhode Island, South Dakota and Wisconsin at 10%, and Vermont (11%).—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Both women opted for medroxyprogesterone (a type of birth control injection) called Depo-Provera, owned by Pfizer, valuing the convenience of no periods and a quick doctor's visit every three months.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Which set of numbers to use when valuing the company is up to you.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Following an outpouring of anger by passengers on social media, lawmakers in Canada and the United States criticized airlines last year, including Air Canada, for levying additional fees on luggage and seat assignments in certain economy classes.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Officials have invested time and money into setting up legal cannabis programs; by levying taxes on legal marijuana sales, states have turned recreational cannabis into a windfall.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Kinne assumed a lot of the heavy lifting in evaluating transfers and navigating the portal in his first two years on campus as the program was strapped for resources compared to its counterparts.—
Sam Khan Jr,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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If evaluations and grades remain high—and if schools have no independent way of evaluating whether learning has happened—then who’s to say that anything’s different?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Assessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessing. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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