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as in taxes
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
hated paying the annual assessment on his car
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as in appraisals
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
I'm far too quiet, in the assessment of my new boss
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as in evaluations
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
we may have been too hasty in our assessment of the value of the property
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Recent Examples of assessments
Backtracking on record Those assessments started to change in earnest, however, after Vučić secured election as president in 2017.
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Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Jones' assessments of the situation featured everything from benign, informational updates to suggesting Parsons could get hit by a car while discussing the implications of signing the 26-year-old star to a long-term deal.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent economic and life-cycle assessments indicate that converting bio-tar into bio-carbon can deliver net-positive energy, financial, and environmental benefits.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
The independent monitor will conduct compliance assessments and provide reports to the Community Safety Commission.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Longer term, the city aims to maintain current hotel assessments and eventually reduce fares and expand ridership as operations are optimized, Emami said.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
A lot of people scribbled down assessments of their players.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Categorical exclusions allow agencies to skip environmental assessments and are the fastest and least burdensome form of National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, review, with limited analysis or opportunity for public involvement.
—Tony Cheng, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Today, the most sophisticated investors conduct regulatory risk assessments before every significant investment, mapping political stakeholders, anticipating policy changes or state policy fragmentation, and building compliance capabilities into their operational improvement plans.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Jones' assessments of the situation featured everything from benign, informational updates to suggesting Parsons could get hit by a car while discussing the implications of signing the 26-year-old star to a long-term deal.
—Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent economic and life-cycle assessments indicate that converting bio-tar into bio-carbon can deliver net-positive energy, financial, and environmental benefits.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
The independent monitor will conduct compliance assessments and provide reports to the Community Safety Commission.
—Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
Longer term, the city aims to maintain current hotel assessments and eventually reduce fares and expand ridership as operations are optimized, Emami said.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
A lot of people scribbled down assessments of their players.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Categorical exclusions allow agencies to skip environmental assessments and are the fastest and least burdensome form of National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, review, with limited analysis or opportunity for public involvement.
—Tony Cheng, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Today, the most sophisticated investors conduct regulatory risk assessments before every significant investment, mapping political stakeholders, anticipating policy changes or state policy fragmentation, and building compliance capabilities into their operational improvement plans.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessments
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Yes, that’s too low, as appraisals often are, especially for people hoping to keep taxes low.—
Asia Alexander,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Woolard in 2006 was indicted for conspiring with a Kansas City charter school president in a mortgage and investment fraud scheme that used fake loan documents, inflated appraisals and a sham housing project to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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The pressure is on Minasian and his scouting group to make shrewd additions to that list of invitees while also making good evaluations of their internal solutions.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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One 2018 report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General found that the Nakamoto Group’s inspection reports misrepresented the work done for their evaluations, and that the facilities’ conditions did not match what government inspectors observed during their own visits.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Boomers are closest to retirement, yet many still rely on rough estimates or Social Security projections rather than a clear plan.—
Hillary Stalker,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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Transmission lines like the ones that are thought to be linked to the start of the Eaton fire faulted more than 50 times in the LA region and distribution lines faulted more than 200 times, according to estimates from Whisker Labs.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Banks and private investors should recalibrate their perceptions of risk to better support creative industries, wrote Tochi Louis, founder of a market intelligence platform, in TechCabal.—
Vivianne Wandera,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Outdated perceptions persist, and many view manufacturing as dirty, dangerous, and limiting career growth.—
Mark Rayfield,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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And to capture the nuances of the Earth system, Stevens advocates cutting out as many estimations as possible and attempting to use physics all the way down.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Researchers distributed email surveys to 80,000 licensed hunters and another 80,000 landowners in the subject states, and over 1,200 active conservation officers were also surveyed in an effort to get a comprehensive view of attitudes about and estimations of the prevalence of poaching.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even a brief mention of the issue from a patient can help alert professionals to take a more sensitive approach during treatments and examinations.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
2 Oct. 2025
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But Newcastle were hopeful that initial examinations pointed towards a less severe knee problem and, following two separate assessments from specialists, that has proven to be the case.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Warren Buffett’s one-time favorite yardstick for stock market valuations has climbed to an all-time high, reviving fears that investors are once again testing the limits of market exuberance.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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The club is worth $250 million, according to Sportico valuations, the only NWSL club to crack the $200 million threshold when the list was announced 12 months ago.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Assessments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessments. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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