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as in to impose
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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2
as in to estimate
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
let's step back and assess the situation
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Recent Examples of assess
The company then performs its own environmental and life cycle analysis, and can assess factors like transport distance and method to arrive at its impact measurement.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025
This seems to have surprised many who assessed his rhetoric as just more hype likely to fall prey to the same institutional constraints and poor execution that hampered Trump in his first term.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
The Bernstein expert still tried to assess the potential financial impact of possible future tariff moves.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
And on the Wisconsin side, an assistant coach was assessed a technical foul on the sideline.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025
This seems to have surprised many who assessed his rhetoric as just more hype likely to fall prey to the same institutional constraints and poor execution that hampered Trump in his first term.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
The Bernstein expert still tried to assess the potential financial impact of possible future tariff moves.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
And on the Wisconsin side, an assistant coach was assessed a technical foul on the sideline.
—Sam Blum, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assess
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Trump defended his decision to impose tariffs, saying that the trade situation with U.S. partners was unsustainable and that someone needed to act.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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The suspension also does not extend to industry-specific tariffs that Trump imposed on steel, aluminum and auto imports.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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The researchers estimated a nearly 20% reduction in dementia diagnosis among those who were, by chance, vaccinated.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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The organization also estimated in 2020 that 20,000 children ages 6 to 17 in Texas either were currently in or were at very high risk for out-of-home or out-of-school placement because of their mental health needs.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2025
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When his son was charged in 2022, Jones Jr., to no one’s surprise, rose to his defense.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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At the federal level, he has also been charged with murder and stalking.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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Business journals value the sports memorabilia market alone at $30 billion and the priciest collectibles sell for well over $10 million.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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There’s value in that redundancy, as journalists compete with one another in their search for facts, and news junkies value the subtle differences among competing accounts of the same events.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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Teneo observed security operations firsthand during the 2025 Super Bowl and Mardi Gras 2025 and used those events to evaluate real-time vulnerabilities.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In a statement, Pan said that the department was still working to evaluate the repercussions of the federal health agency’s actions.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Assess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assess. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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