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as in tax
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
hated paying the annual assessment on his car
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as in appraisal
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
I'm far too quiet, in the assessment of my new boss
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as in evaluation
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
we may have been too hasty in our assessment of the value of the property
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Recent Examples of assessment
Zoom’s current assessment of its stake in Anthropic is based on a February round which valued the company at $380 billion.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 May 2026
Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints explains how the US came to rely on its economic arsenal, but stops short of a complete assessment of the unreliable tactic and its often devastating consequences.
—The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
After the incident, a building inspector was called to the scene for a damage assessment, as the woman's car was towed away.
—Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Siedle has a different assessment.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 May 2026
Edward Fishman’s Chokepoints explains how the US came to rely on its economic arsenal, but stops short of a complete assessment of the unreliable tactic and its often devastating consequences.
—The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
After the incident, a building inspector was called to the scene for a damage assessment, as the woman's car was towed away.
—Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Siedle has a different assessment.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessment
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Florida is an ideal case study demonstrating that a conservative tax posture can promote household and business prosperity.—
Nicole Huyer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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An excellent use of our tax dollars.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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In the future, the state commission also suggested that the city continue to use independent appraisals, which should be updated to set mooring permit rental rates.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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The creditor doesn't have to get an appraisal, go through the notice of sale, go through the sale, and then go through the court's confirmation of the sale.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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In under ninety days, Hermes moved from release to dominance, and many enterprise teams were still mid-evaluation on OpenClaw when the market had already moved past them.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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Keeping some of these companies viable for the next few years could be critical to ensuring that these technologies receive a full evaluation against those standards.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 May 2026
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Those ratings create an estimate of how many goals each team is expected to score and allow in a game against an average opponent at a neutral site.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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According to the Town of Atlantic Beach, estimates from recent years suggest that crowds can range from 300,000 to 400,000 attendees.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
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His latest obsession — aired out in part in Red Sheet, his 18th novel, out June 9 — is the Blacklist, which in Ellroy’s estimation was a greatly misunderstood act of flag-waving righteousness that Hollywood has been scandalously misrepresenting ever since.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
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The amount of vitriol aimed at Amanda versus West has been wildly disproportionate, in my estimation.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Recorded throughout the book tour for On Morrison—Serpell’s electrifying, critical examination of Morrison’s writing—each episode welcomes listeners into rooms full of readers and discussions of how Morrison made her words sing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Late Saturday, the crews entered the facility to make a visual examination of the cracked container, which officials believed was holding 7,000 liquid gallons of methyl methacrylate, a chemical that is routinely used to make plastic.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
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“Assessment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessment. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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