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value judgments

noun

plural of value judgment

as in assessments

an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something lexicographers do not make value judgments about words when deciding whether they should be entered in the dictionary

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Recent Examples of value judgments In non-coding jobs, there are degrees of functionality informed by value judgments. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 How language encodes value judgments Such logic sets off alarm bells for anyone familiar with the history of eugenics, a movement that began with the idea of improving America by making its people healthier and quickly evolved to make judgments about who is and is not fit to participate in society. — Megan Donelson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Current and former officials have spoken openly about their assessments that the Chinese government has obtained data on almost every American.

— Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Their standards include, but are not limited to testing water quality as well as soil assessments, machinery and harvest cleanliness rules and traceability and training requirements.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of assessments

Noun

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
The benefits listed in official scientific and governmental appraisals of the water’s mineral content are nothing short of miraculous.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of appraisals

Noun

However, the same poll found partisanship shapes peoples’ perceptions.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Unfortunately, during the early to mid-twentieth century, negative perceptions of immigrant and ethnic laborers led many outsiders to view their neighborhoods as unsafe, unclean, and detrimental to the social fabric of American cities.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Definition of perceptions

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Most recently, Playboy celebrated the release of the Playboy summer issue with Cara Delevingne on the cover, driving 5 billion media impressions and nearly 30 million impressions on social media.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
In many ways, signage is a company's first handshake with the customer—and in business, first impressions still matter.

— Salman Altaf, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of impressions

Noun

Staff visit mothers in the hospital, bring small gifts to celebrate their new babies, conduct developmental screenings and connect families with evaluations or services when needed.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
But Kenneth Corey, who spent more than three decades at the New York City Police Department, says more intensive vetting, such as mandatory psychological evaluations, is becoming more common.

— Meg Anderson, NPR, 23 July 2026

Definition of evaluations

Noun

No federal agency tracks the practice, so researchers have relied on estimates.

— Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
Health effects from inhaling wildfire smoke But the effects are sweeping, said Hayden, who has developed real-time mapping of mortality estimates from wildfire smoke.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 July 2026

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