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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 pressure is on Minasian and his scouting group to make shrewd additions to that list of invitees while also making good evaluations of their internal solutions.
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Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
One 2018 report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General found that the Nakamoto Group’s inspection reports misrepresented the work done for their evaluations, and that the facilities’ conditions did not match what government inspectors observed during their own visits.
—Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
The success criteria for Mercor’s tasks are written by human experts, but the marking is done by AIs, which Mercor says agreed with human graders 89% of the time, helping to scale the evaluations.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
He was attended to by team medical personnel and was responsive, coherent, and in stable condition prior to being transported off site for further medical evaluations.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In this environment, student evaluations have created a perverse incentive for classes to get even easier, and for grades to inflate.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The current draft of the policy does not lay out a specific time frame for audits and evaluations.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
And Thursday offered Redick a chance to share his evaluations on a public platform for the first time.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Secondly, Peng observed that the concept of personal well-being in China is closely tied to others’ evaluations.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
One 2018 report by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General found that the Nakamoto Group’s inspection reports misrepresented the work done for their evaluations, and that the facilities’ conditions did not match what government inspectors observed during their own visits.
—Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
The success criteria for Mercor’s tasks are written by human experts, but the marking is done by AIs, which Mercor says agreed with human graders 89% of the time, helping to scale the evaluations.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
He was attended to by team medical personnel and was responsive, coherent, and in stable condition prior to being transported off site for further medical evaluations.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In this environment, student evaluations have created a perverse incentive for classes to get even easier, and for grades to inflate.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
The current draft of the policy does not lay out a specific time frame for audits and evaluations.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
And Thursday offered Redick a chance to share his evaluations on a public platform for the first time.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Secondly, Peng observed that the concept of personal well-being in China is closely tied to others’ evaluations.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaluations
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Backtracking on record Those assessments started to change in earnest, however, after Vučić secured election as president in 2017.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Jones' assessments of the situation featured everything from benign, informational updates to suggesting Parsons could get hit by a car while discussing the implications of signing the 26-year-old star to a long-term deal.—
Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Yes, that’s too low, as appraisals often are, especially for people hoping to keep taxes low.—
Asia Alexander,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Woolard in 2006 was indicted for conspiring with a Kansas City charter school president in a mortgage and investment fraud scheme that used fake loan documents, inflated appraisals and a sham housing project to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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Banks and private investors should recalibrate their perceptions of risk to better support creative industries, wrote Tochi Louis, founder of a market intelligence platform, in TechCabal.—
Vivianne Wandera,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Outdated perceptions persist, and many view manufacturing as dirty, dangerous, and limiting career growth.—
Mark Rayfield,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Boomers are closest to retirement, yet many still rely on rough estimates or Social Security projections rather than a clear plan.—
Hillary Stalker,
Nashville Tennessean,
2 Oct. 2025
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Transmission lines like the ones that are thought to be linked to the start of the Eaton fire faulted more than 50 times in the LA region and distribution lines faulted more than 200 times, according to estimates from Whisker Labs.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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And to capture the nuances of the Earth system, Stevens advocates cutting out as many estimations as possible and attempting to use physics all the way down.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Researchers distributed email surveys to 80,000 licensed hunters and another 80,000 landowners in the subject states, and over 1,200 active conservation officers were also surveyed in an effort to get a comprehensive view of attitudes about and estimations of the prevalence of poaching.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Evaluations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluations. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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