as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
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Recent Examples of value judgment
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.
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Megan Donelson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Without humans in the loop, to apply a value judgment to issues, organizations can fall into the trap of underreacting to major incidents or overreacting to minor ones.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The spirit of the Ojai festival need not be conveyed by a laundry list of composers and works or by value judgments.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The rating is not making a value judgment about a politician who changes positions on an issue.
—Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American Statesman, 24 Apr. 2024
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Megan Donelson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Without humans in the loop, to apply a value judgment to issues, organizations can fall into the trap of underreacting to major incidents or overreacting to minor ones.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The spirit of the Ojai festival need not be conveyed by a laundry list of composers and works or by value judgments.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The rating is not making a value judgment about a politician who changes positions on an issue.
—Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American Statesman, 24 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for value judgment
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What’s the point of building formative assessments into a course if they’re just handed off to an LLM?—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
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So there is a risk assessment that folks are doing in real time.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
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This collection of poems is a transcendent appraisal of the blood that was extracted from Black bodies.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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Their appraisal underscored the challenges the Survivors’ Act was encountering in the courtroom.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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The veterinary team immediately brought the puppy inside, did a medical evaluation, and contacted Animal Services.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Rescue teams quickly mobilized and began efforts to retrieve and assess the pigeons, which will each require veterinary evaluations, medication, and parasite treatment.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of reporters and photojournalists came to Vietnam to witness the end of a war that had lasted thirty years and in which millions had died, and many recorded their impressions.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Crosby and the Penguins have won more times than not, but Ovi has certainly made an impression on Sid the Kid.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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And in a runoff election — where turnout is everything — perception can be power.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Outside of Congress, public perception may be more aligned with Democrats’ framing.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
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The jobs help generate nearly $3 billion in annual economic output, according to estimates from the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The first, a 1925 Wassily Kandinsky abstraction called Rote Tiefe (Red Depth), has a $12 million–$18 million estimate.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Value judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/value%20judgment. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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