as in assesses
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
a trained assistant to evaluate the needs of the patients waiting to see the doctor
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Recent Examples of evaluates
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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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Benchmaxing, by contrast, is about the structural conditions under which the entire industry evaluates itself—and, the research argues, those conditions are routinely manipulated or ignored.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026
An engineer evaluates two architectures and sees the cost-per-inference difference in their AI chat session, during the development cycle, not weeks later.
—Udam Dewaraja, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
One worth seeking out is the B Corp certification, which evaluates companies’ social and environmental performance.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
But there is a core lens through which the team evaluates films.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
Anthony will be shut down through at least Thursday before the team re-evaluates him.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 21 May 2026
The Trust for Public Land evaluates cities’ park systems based on number of parks, percentage of residents within a 10-minute walk to a park, percentage of city land dedicated to parks, access to park amenities like playgrounds and ball courts and per-resident park spending.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Benchmaxing, by contrast, is about the structural conditions under which the entire industry evaluates itself—and, the research argues, those conditions are routinely manipulated or ignored.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026
An engineer evaluates two architectures and sees the cost-per-inference difference in their AI chat session, during the development cycle, not weeks later.
—Udam Dewaraja, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
One worth seeking out is the B Corp certification, which evaluates companies’ social and environmental performance.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
But there is a core lens through which the team evaluates films.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
Anthony will be shut down through at least Thursday before the team re-evaluates him.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 21 May 2026
The Trust for Public Land evaluates cities’ park systems based on number of parks, percentage of residents within a 10-minute walk to a park, percentage of city land dedicated to parks, access to park amenities like playgrounds and ball courts and per-resident park spending.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluates
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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.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Valentino co-founded the Early Warning Project, which assesses the risk of mass atrocities around the world.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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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.—
Sophie Austin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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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.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
19 June 2026
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And the market still values the company as a stack of separate apps.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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SpaceX formally agreed Tuesday to buy Cursor in an all-stock deal that values the company at $60 billion.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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“Evaluates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluates. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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