Thesaurus results for ASSESSMENTS

assessments

noun

plural of assessment

as in taxes

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 appraisals

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 evaluations

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 assessments According to initial assessments, a massive chunk of ice snapped off a glacier and tumbled thousands of feet into the valley below. — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Officials are still investigating the exact cause, though preliminary assessments suggest an ice avalanche may have blocked a river upstream in Tibet, triggering the sudden outburst flood. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Provide telehealth assessments, infrastructure upgrades, access points, and digital health training through seven rural partners. — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026 Sulfolane has received less favorable assessments under more recent solvent-selection guidance, including concerns around reproductive toxicity. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 In May, Iran had already restarted some of its drone production during a six-week ceasefire, rapidly rebuilding military capabilities degraded by US-Israeli strikes, according to two sources familiar with US intelligence assessments. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 At least five structures are known to have been burned, and additional damage assessments are expected to be conducted later Tuesday today. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Aug. 2026 The product is also presented with certifications and ergonomic assessments associated with BIFMA, SGS, TÜV, and IGR, supporting the brand's positioning as an ergonomic chair specialist. — New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026 Another delivers damage detection or repairability assessments. — David Tobias, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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The owners were given third-party appraisals on each property and allowed to discuss the land acquisition over several months.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Lehman, who has a staff of three but wrote the appraisals himself, can choose only a few major battles to fight in a short window.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of appraisals

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In its 37-page report, the AI company documented how its models navigated a series of evaluations before and during the incident.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face is a repository that hosts open-source AI models, as well as benchmark evaluations, and data sets used for AI training and testing.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of evaluations

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Precise estimates of oil passing through the strait are not available, but the volume seems to be somewhere between a quarter and half of the prewar flow of 20 million barrels a day.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The striking part is how closely those estimates line up with the betting market.

— Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of estimates

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Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations.

— CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
And yet he’s built a collection that, by some estimations, ranks among the top in the country, homing in on grade-A examples of American masters—Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and with a particular focus on Basquiat.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

Definition of estimations

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In oil, a single statement about Iran, Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or the Strait of Hormuz can change perceptions of future supply and send billions of dollars moving through commodity markets.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
More than just savings Grullon said outdated perceptions about thrift shopping have largely disappeared.

— Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of perceptions

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Swelling and spinal shock can cloud the earliest neurological picture, and physicians repeat examinations over time for good reason, as many people once given a grave prognosis go on to recover.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Numerous pieces of evidence were submitted to forensic laboratories, and some examinations required significant time before investigators could take additional steps, according to the department.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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