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
This includes identifying outdated customizations, unused fields and redundant processes, as well as evaluating whether a single-org, multi-org or hybrid strategy best fits your business.
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Buyan Thyagarajan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Imagine calculating every possible way billions of Lego bricks could fit together – that’s the scale of complexity physicists face when evaluating the configurational integral.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, NASA said ground teams are evaluating backup plans that might still allow the Cygnus spacecraft to reach the space station, just not on schedule.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Promoting well-being and health and a commitment to sustainability were paramount in evaluating each project, ADI said in a statement.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
When evaluating whether to sign on new talent or renew deals, Greenstein added that the company looks at factors such as hours listened, ad revenue, social media and publicity, as well as the broader idea of what that individual means to the service, or that particular genre.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The other international companies were evaluating what to do next.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
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
All around the organization, the men who spend hours a day evaluating such things say the bat speed is faster and so are his feet.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Buyan Thyagarajan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Imagine calculating every possible way billions of Lego bricks could fit together – that’s the scale of complexity physicists face when evaluating the configurational integral.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, NASA said ground teams are evaluating backup plans that might still allow the Cygnus spacecraft to reach the space station, just not on schedule.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Promoting well-being and health and a commitment to sustainability were paramount in evaluating each project, ADI said in a statement.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
When evaluating whether to sign on new talent or renew deals, Greenstein added that the company looks at factors such as hours listened, ad revenue, social media and publicity, as well as the broader idea of what that individual means to the service, or that particular genre.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The other international companies were evaluating what to do next.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
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
All around the organization, the men who spend hours a day evaluating such things say the bat speed is faster and so are his feet.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluating
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The Series 11 should last longer, with Apple estimating 24 hours of use on a charge.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Airlines faced massive deficits after 9/11, with the Air Transport Association estimating losses of $10 billion in the immediate aftermath.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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This means regularly assessing your thinking skills, consciously choosing when to engage versus delegate mental tasks, and maintaining practices that keep your mind sharp.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vaccine safety Federal health experts continuously monitor VAERS and other safety surveillance systems, exhaustively assessing the safety of vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Appreciation means valuing the struggle of learning, not despite its difficulty but because of it.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Other streamers have found their own ways to account for expensive new sports rights, valuing games’ ability to bring in supplemental audiences who have proven likely to stick around.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Evaluating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluating. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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