How to Use evaluate in a Sentence

evaluate

verb
  • We need to evaluate our options.
  • The board could re-evaluate that price in the middle of next year.
    Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2019
  • Rather than ban the books, re-evaluate how they are taught.
    Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Three patients were evaluated at the scene: two were on the plane and one was in the car.
    Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Hunt said the board would re-evaluate this plan as the end of the school year approaches.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Samples had to evaluate over Zoom calls and had to coach with just the practice time in the fall.
    Sam Blum, Dallas News, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In the meantime, the virus has made him re-evaluate his whole approach to love.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Billups has said that the team will evaluate both Lillard’s health and where things stand with the team.
    oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2022
  • And to evaluate the direction the Colts are about to take.
    The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The new year is the perfect time to re-evaluate these habits, experts say.
    Time, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Dixon asked that the marshals evaluate how to house McWilliams.
    Eric Heisig, cleveland, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Brady Hoke needs to re-evaluate his scheme ... why would a top prep QB want to come here?
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Here are a few ways to ask about and evaluate such service.
    Carrie Coghill, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Jenkins said the team will evaluate Morant in two weeks.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Now is the time to evaluate beds of warm-season bedding plants.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Last week, the feds got to see the situation on the ground and evaluate it for themselves.
    Maia Rosenfeld, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • My job is not to evaluate myself or anybody else on the team.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The start of the new year is a good time to re-evaluate your portfolio of streaming services.
    cleveland, 26 Jan. 2022
  • With time will come more of a sample size with which to evaluate the product in Tuscaloosa.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Both measures will last through the end of March, when they will be re-evaluated.
    Fox News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • And our goal was teaching people how to evaluate what's safe to use.
    CBS News, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Then the Browns have had two weeks to evaluate and make adjustments during the bye week.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
  • So patch the holes and evaluate the color — then determine the best next step.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But most of the time, the agency doesn’t rely on it to evaluate performance.
    Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Agile leaders don't wait until the end of a sprint or project to evaluate it.
    Ofir Paldi, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The five acts with the most votes then perform a second time, during which five judges evaluate them.
    Kathy Cichon, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • And some policies will never be easy to evaluate if they are not tried.
    New York Times, 4 June 2022
  • The school board would evaluate the book and determine whether to remove it from the library.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Auburn hasn’t had too many chances to evaluate who should be on the other end returning the ball, either.
    Giana Han, al, 6 Oct. 2020
  • There are still players to evaluate and plays to install.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2021

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