evaluating

present participle of evaluate

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Recent Examples of evaluating The carrier is also in the market for new wide-body planes and has been evaluating options from Boeing and Airbus. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026 The executive evaluating modernized software still shops online. Taylor Cheek-Mundy, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The View’s speech chilled Disney acknowledged that The View has changed its process for evaluating potential guests because of the FCC proceeding. Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 These final weeks are solely about evaluating young talent and finding out what sticks for 2027 and beyond. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 Patients may wish to consider how frequently a doctor performs these procedures when evaluating their experience. Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 Tenax Therapeutics on Monday reported negative results from a late-stage clinical trial evaluating an experimental treatment for a type of heart failure associated with high blood pressure in the lungs. Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026 Right now, the same companies racing to build the world’s most powerful AI models are also responsible for evaluating their safety, deciding which failures matter, and determining what the public should know about them. Andrew Freedman, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluating
Verb
  • While research falls short on estimating how many faces a person sees in a day in 2026, researchers estimated a decade ago that 95 million photos and videos were posted to Instagram each day.
    Nicole Karlis, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Its retirement toolkit includes calculators for estimating monthly retirement income, comparing the tax impact of different withdrawal strategies and evaluating Roth conversions.
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For homebuyers, assessing HVAC filtration and inquiring about past smoke exposure and remediation are vital.
    Jamie Gold, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Residents and emergency crews across Hawaii were assessing damage and clearing debris on Monday as Tropical Storm Lala moved away from the islands after leaving widespread power outages and flooding in its wake.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In June 2025, the Buss family agreed to sell its controlling interest in the Lakers to Walter in a deal valuing the franchise at $10 billion.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Psychological safety, for him, means valuing contributions and fostering engagement, not eliminating accountability.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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