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Recent Examples of evaluation All the horticulture products Disney’s crews use meet state regulatory requirements and are subject to safety evaluations and oversight. Wuft News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 Testosterone replacement therapy carries real risks, and getting the evaluation right starts with the right questions and the right blood work. Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026 My conversations, texts and opinions from the 30 team presidents and GMs probably represent 75-80 percent of my work and the remaining 20-25 percent is based on my professional experience, personal opinions and my own evaluations. Jim Bowden, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Some officials in the UK, Palantir’s second-largest market, have called for a re-evaluation of its £240 million deal with the nation’s defense department. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for evaluation
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Noun
  • Questions involving fairness, accountability, values or meaning cannot be handed over to technology without changing the nature of the decision itself – from one of human judgment to algorithmic assessment.
    Pooya Tabesh, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • Torrez's office alleges that CYFD didn't conduct proper risk assessments of the child's mother and instructed a minor to cross an international border on foot without an adult.
    MIKELLA SCHUETTLER, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Some information can be gleaned from such appraisals, like what shape the recovered debris is in, what degree of temperatures they were exposed to.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026
  • Many measures, such as those in Louisiana, have yet to receive cost appraisals but are still projected to curb local government revenue streams.
    Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • Analysts keep adjusting upward their estimates of what AI hyperscalers will spend on capex in the future, and that increased spend is driving down free cash flow estimates.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Although scarce documentation has left a wide range of estimates, as many as 2 million people are said to have been slaughtered in communal massacres during this exodus.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • In Kirke’s estimation, apparel shouldn’t be caught up in the maelstrom brewing between Washington and Ottowa over exports like steel, automotives, dairy or alcohol.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • No commissioner is ever all that popular, but Manfred has enjoyed a bit of a glow-up in fan estimation recently.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • No sentence in corporate life sounds more like the beginning of an examination, and none more dependably marks the end of one.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Among the most notable figures in this year’s report were 157 domestic abuse forensic exams conducted through the organization’s strangulation examination program, which launched in the past two years.
    Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

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“Evaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluation. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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