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as in imposes
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
the utility company will assess a fee if your payment is late
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as in estimates
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
let's step back and assess the situation
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Recent Examples of assesses
The Athletic assesses a mixed bag from the summer trading for a club renowned for cute recruitment.
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Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In fact, Britain’s Ministry of Defence, in common with other analysts, assesses Russia’s rate of advance to have been in steady decline for six months, from about 730 square kilometers captured in November last year to just 143 last month.
—Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
The Athletic assesses their chances… What is the state of play?
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Nick rightly assesses this isn’t true because a dead informant is useless to Mark, though I’d argue a dead informant is worse than useless.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
This is not surprising since ESG assesses the risk of investment rather than providing an actual social change tool.
—Sarah Jefferson, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
While the company stressed that the Switch 2 release date of June 5 would go ahead as planned, preorders won't be available for the foreseeable future as the company assesses the potential impacts and market conditions created by the tariffs.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Here, The Athletic assesses all five and how each fit with Arsenal under Arteta.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The city assesses residents a monthly fee for certain city services.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
In fact, Britain’s Ministry of Defence, in common with other analysts, assesses Russia’s rate of advance to have been in steady decline for six months, from about 730 square kilometers captured in November last year to just 143 last month.
—Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
The Athletic assesses their chances… What is the state of play?
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Nick rightly assesses this isn’t true because a dead informant is useless to Mark, though I’d argue a dead informant is worse than useless.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
This is not surprising since ESG assesses the risk of investment rather than providing an actual social change tool.
—Sarah Jefferson, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
While the company stressed that the Switch 2 release date of June 5 would go ahead as planned, preorders won't be available for the foreseeable future as the company assesses the potential impacts and market conditions created by the tariffs.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Here, The Athletic assesses all five and how each fit with Arsenal under Arteta.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
The city assesses residents a monthly fee for certain city services.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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