as in estimating
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 evaluating
How Data Is Collected The company, which has been evaluating hospitals in pediatric specialty care for almost 20 years, collects and analyzes over 1,000 data points per hospital annually.
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
In the contemporary gas price market, analysis experts have used a $3-per-gallon price point as a reasonable cost when evaluating the affordability of nationwide gas prices.
—Washinton Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
The Enquirer took top honors in Ohio's four journalism contests evaluating work from 2024.
—Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2025
For his part, Cuban has confessed to using AI for everything from writing code to evaluating his own health.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Guidelines for evaluating potential restarts of existing plants will be released by the end of October.
—Yu-Tzu Chiu, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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
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
Leading robotics firms including AeiROBOT, Franka Robotics, LG Electronics, Lightwheel, Neura Robotics, and Techman Robot are evaluating GR00T models for humanoid development.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
In the contemporary gas price market, analysis experts have used a $3-per-gallon price point as a reasonable cost when evaluating the affordability of nationwide gas prices.
—Washinton Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
The Enquirer took top honors in Ohio's four journalism contests evaluating work from 2024.
—Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2025
For his part, Cuban has confessed to using AI for everything from writing code to evaluating his own health.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Guidelines for evaluating potential restarts of existing plants will be released by the end of October.
—Yu-Tzu Chiu, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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
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
Leading robotics firms including AeiROBOT, Franka Robotics, LG Electronics, Lightwheel, Neura Robotics, and Techman Robot are evaluating GR00T models for humanoid development.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluating
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In 2013, Nature Communications published a study estimating that, in the United States, cats kill somewhere between one and four billion birds each year, and perhaps five times as many small mammals.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Most stowaways result in fatalities, with the Federal Aviation Administration estimating more than 76% end in deaths.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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For businesses, assessing the actual costs of climate change was too difficult to measure and the damages seemed too far out.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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By valuing each client’s narrative, the firm transforms representation into a partnership, ensuring individuals feel informed and empowered throughout.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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Its increase—up more than 45% over the past year—has outperformed the S&P 500, perhaps suggesting investors are valuing the security of gold more than the riskier equity markets.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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