1
as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
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as in appraisal
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
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Recent Examples of evaluation
He was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation before being placed at the Berrien County Jail.
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said in a news release the family received the medical evaluation on Saturday.
—Steve Reed, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said in a news release that the family received the medical evaluation Saturday.
—Steve Reed, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
These will help to demonstrate a commitment to ensuring complete transparency and accountability, and to keeping detailed records for all vendor evaluations and decisions.
—Meily Perez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said in a news release the family received the medical evaluation on Saturday.
—Steve Reed, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said in a news release that the family received the medical evaluation Saturday.
—Steve Reed, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
These will help to demonstrate a commitment to ensuring complete transparency and accountability, and to keeping detailed records for all vendor evaluations and decisions.
—Meily Perez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluation
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Whether Crane agrees with that assessment could determine much of the team’s deadline plans.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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Aurora officials also failed to properly train officers on threat assessments, de-escalation, warnings and the constitutional limits on deadly force, the lawsuit alleges.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
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In the future, the state commission also suggested that the city continue to use independent appraisals, which should be updated to set mooring permit rental rates.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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The creditor doesn't have to get an appraisal, go through the notice of sale, go through the sale, and then go through the court's confirmation of the sale.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Those ratings create an estimate of how many goals each team is expected to score and allow in a game against an average opponent at a neutral site.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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According to the Town of Atlantic Beach, estimates from recent years suggest that crowds can range from 300,000 to 400,000 attendees.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
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His latest obsession — aired out in part in Red Sheet, his 18th novel, out June 9 — is the Blacklist, which in Ellroy’s estimation was a greatly misunderstood act of flag-waving righteousness that Hollywood has been scandalously misrepresenting ever since.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
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The amount of vitriol aimed at Amanda versus West has been wildly disproportionate, in my estimation.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Recorded throughout the book tour for On Morrison—Serpell’s electrifying, critical examination of Morrison’s writing—each episode welcomes listeners into rooms full of readers and discussions of how Morrison made her words sing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Late Saturday, the crews entered the facility to make a visual examination of the cracked container, which officials believed was holding 7,000 liquid gallons of methyl methacrylate, a chemical that is routinely used to make plastic.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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“Evaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluation. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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