assaying

verb

present participle of assay
1
as in analyzing
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 trying
to make an effort to do assaying the task of writing his autobiography

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assaying
  1. analyzing
  2. trying
  3. dissecting
  4. attempting
  5. assessing
  6. striving
  7. examining
Verb
  • Markovic is a deputy principal investigator for one of the teams tasked with analyzing the barrage of data (enough to fill up the storage on about 40,000 laptops over Roman’s five-year mission).
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Researchers often study natural processes by modeling them as computations and analyzing them mathematically.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of analyzing
Verb
  • Some days, trying harder just gives the problem more opportunities to annoy you.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Madubuike is trying to return from a significant neck injury that cost him most of last season.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of trying
Verb
  • Graduate students on Rochman’s team are dissecting fish and finding that manmade bits ingested by some of their catch passed from stomachs into filets.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Last Friday, Jason Arday was found dead in his home in London amid a media tempest dissecting his backstory.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissecting
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  • The market is attempting to judge how long high capital expenditures and elevated valuations surrounding AI can be sustained.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • During the arrest, Guerrero-Chavez began resisting, even slipping out of her handcuffs and attempting to run back to her vehicle, Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of attempting
Verb
  • Its vintage experts also consider fashion history, designers, collections and cultural context when assessing whether an item is historically, culturally or stylistically significant.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Due to a lack of reliable data and the regime’s complete control of the media, accurately assessing what is happening on the ground in North Korea is notoriously difficult, said WioNews.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of assessing
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  • However, instead of a conservative regression, Dressen has noticed institutions striving to adopt more innovative practices on a number of levels.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But a home that cannot absorb something deeply meaningful is striving for taste at the expense of inauthenticity.
    — Steven Weill, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of striving
Verb
  • Doctors examining the previously healthy teenager at a Los Angeles hospital discovered a subdural hematoma, a life-threatening injury which occurs when blood collects on the surface of the brain.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The group had been examining the middle finger on Sasaki’s right hand.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of examining
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“Assaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assaying. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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