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Recent Examples of evaluation Google also involved Deaf users and organizations throughout development, including testing, data collection and evaluation. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026 The state has tracked data for 72 workers who have undergone lung transplants and 51 workers who have been referred for lung transplant evaluations. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The evaluation determines whether a patient is a harm to others or to himself and must be kept in the hospital on a 72-hour hold, or released. Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 11 Aug. 2026 Humans will continue to be indispensable for interpretation, context and evaluation—to decide what is interesting and why. Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for evaluation
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Noun
  • Today, most 16- and 17-year-olds who commit crimes are generally handled in juvenile court because policymakers recognize that adolescents differ from adults in judgment, impulse control, risk assessment, and susceptibility to peer influence.
    Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Auditors generally verified repayments by reinterviewing workers who had participated in earlier assessments.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • True Footage says its TrueTracts appraisal engine can land a valuation within 3% of a home’s eventual sale price — a claim drawn from KBB’s own early test markets and not yet independently verified.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • At that time, an appraisal for SFG estimated its value at just over $920 million, the complaint shows.
    Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • According to estimates from Sanders’ office, a 5% annual distribution would be about $1,045 per person per year.
    Sarah Polcz, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This figure, higher than prevailing estimates, suggests more oil is reaching markets, explaining the surprisingly muted crude price spikes despite ongoing conflicts.
    David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The wartime mood among European and American intellectuals was hopeless, or, rather, in her estimation, helpless.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • As a left-hand-hitting middle infielder, Bruin is a different player than his dad — and by Benny’s estimation, a better one.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Becoming a therapist requires years of education, supervised practice, licensing examinations and often substantial student debt.
    Wayne Lonstein, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Modi late last month posted a selfie video on Instagram and Facebook addressing students over examination paper leaks that stirred nationwide protests.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Evaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluation. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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