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as in assessments
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
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as in appraisals
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 evaluations
The Rangers have dealt eight top 30 prospects, per MLB Pipeline’s evaluations, since last summer’s trade deadline.
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Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
Classification systems ensure fairness across a wide range of disabilities, requiring detailed medical assessments and sport-specific evaluations.
—Oksana Masters, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
These evaluations contribute to the development of a robust strategy for safeguarding the company’s assets, personnel, and clients.
—Malana Vantyler
march 6, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Based on its findings, the City Auditor's office recommended that the city's finance department provide instructions on how to assess whether a department needs a private consultant; ensure departments document progress and assess goals for consultants; and require performance evaluations.
—Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Their evaluations are regimented, a senior AFC scout said.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The program, set to launch this spring, aims to provide health education, cancer screening evaluations, and home colorectal or prostate-specific test kits to residents in need.
—Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 Mar. 2026
The startup responded by commissioning independent evaluations and publishing the data publicly.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Such evaluations can take as long as six weeks to complete.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
Classification systems ensure fairness across a wide range of disabilities, requiring detailed medical assessments and sport-specific evaluations.
—Oksana Masters, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
These evaluations contribute to the development of a robust strategy for safeguarding the company’s assets, personnel, and clients.
—Malana Vantyler
march 6, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Based on its findings, the City Auditor's office recommended that the city's finance department provide instructions on how to assess whether a department needs a private consultant; ensure departments document progress and assess goals for consultants; and require performance evaluations.
—Chaya Tong, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Their evaluations are regimented, a senior AFC scout said.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The program, set to launch this spring, aims to provide health education, cancer screening evaluations, and home colorectal or prostate-specific test kits to residents in need.
—Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 Mar. 2026
The startup responded by commissioning independent evaluations and publishing the data publicly.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
Such evaluations can take as long as six weeks to complete.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluations
Noun
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It's based on assessments given to students in the 2024-25 school year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Based on that data, internal company assessments suggest the 2035 timeline is feasible if the company maintains its current progress.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2026
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City officials stressed that appraisals are done when a tenant is going to pay rent or buy a city property, but that the zoo is doing neither.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI’s models, fed with Better’s mortgage data, save time by simultaneously running parallel workflows on dozens of checkpoints, including appraisals, title reports, income, credit reports and other metrics, Garg said.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Denver event, like so much art of the early 2020s, was born of postponements, fits and starts, tests, masks, stressed performers and all the other COVID restrictions and scrambled audience perceptions.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Here are two other significant gaps in perceptions within housing.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
11 Mar. 2026
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Here's what estimates show Khamenei's message, read aloud by an announcer on state TV, came as oil prices again topped $100 a barrel and two tankers burned in Iraqi waters after an overnight attack.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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These estimates excluded the steep toll of asset damage, and the cost of resupplying, according to analysts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The 15% conundrum However, the CBO said that these estimations sat outside of the announcement that the president subsequently made about global tariff levels.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Again, these are rough estimations.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Evaluations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluations. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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