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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 These are high-value judgments being made faster and with better information. — Andrew Antos, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 But comments that suggest law enforcement may have been driven by personal value judgments against the streamers' journalistic credibility could hamper a prosecution. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2026 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

Attendees can get free blood pressure checks, flu shots, memory screenings, and glucose and cholesterol assessments.

— Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The terrorist organization became a phone screen The transformation is now reflected in the government's own threat assessments.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of assessments

Noun

The owners were given third-party appraisals on each property and allowed to discuss the land acquisition over several months.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Lehman, who has a staff of three but wrote the appraisals himself, can choose only a few major battles to fight in a short window.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of appraisals

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But Meta delayed removal for days as the ad leaped from four impressions to 330.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Sculptural pieces are blown and shaped using innovative molds made out of paper or wood; organic curves or impressions are added in the soft glass.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of impressions

Noun

None of Apple's hands on demos included speed tests, radio evaluations, or battery rundowns.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
In the days after the Hugging Face hack went public, the tech companies Anthropic and Meta both revealed that their models had also accessed external networks during internal evaluations.

— Shaun Raviv, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of evaluations

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Repairs have since taken much longer than promised as costs have increased from initial estimates, creating plenty of material for Foulkes to criticize McKee’s leadership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
The Great Triumphal Arch is estimated to cost at least $100 million, with some estimates reaching up to $250 million.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of estimates

Noun

Even on a good day, Michigan is not a program that inspires many warm and fuzzy feelings among casual fans of college football.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
At this point in time, Taylor is theoretically engaged to Doug, everyone’s least favorite of Taylor’s top-three men and whom even Taylor seems to have lukewarm feelings about now that they are no longer trapped in the same house.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

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