assayed

verb

Definition of assayednext
past tense of assay
1
as in analyzed
to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships the company assayed a sample of the rock to see if it contained gold in quantities worth mining

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2
as in tried
to make an effort to do assaying the task of writing his autobiography

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assayed
  1. analyzed
  2. tried
  3. dissected
  4. attempted
  5. assessed
  6. examined
Verb
  • The remains are being analyzed for potential identification.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Ashley Underwood, executive director of Equity Forward, said that there is little oversight of how taxpayer dollars are being spent and that the organization analyzed crisis pregnancy center spending through public records and grant reports.
    Abigail Brooks, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of analyzed
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  • The Bears didn’t well in any phase against the Orange, but Mendoza, who suffered first-half interceptions on consecutive pass attempts to set up 10 points by the Orange, tried to shoulder much of the blame.
    Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The Pelicans killed Denver on the glass, regardless of what lineups Adelman tried.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of tried
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  • The carcass was eventually towed to shore and dissected by scientists for research.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Waters and his father, who played at Southern Nazarene University and briefly appeared for the Houston Rockets’ Summer League team, constantly watched and dissected the Warriors during Waters’ youth.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
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  • Of 15 relocations attempted in Australia over the last 20-odd years, seven populations are holding on and three are thriving.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • However, the court found Cruise failed to report that its vehicle did not detect that the victim was underneath it and attempted to pull over to the side of the road, dragging the victim over 20 feet.
    Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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  • Recent accounting standards updates are being assessed for potential impact on the company's financial position and reporting.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • State Board members questioned if testing students in their native language makes sense when they aren’t being taught in that language or if their year’s learning is better assessed in English, the language of their instruction.
    Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of assessed
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  • Published Thursday in Science, the research from Schultz and colleagues examined genetic data from 276 species of ants and 475 fungi species to create evolutionary trees of both groups.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For years, ProPublica has examined the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers to uncover problems that can prevent other deaths.
    Alexandra Zayas, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
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