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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
If things continue to go south, Esiason may very well be spot on in his assessment that Stefanski may be looking for a new job elsewhere.
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Other senators were more frank in their assessments.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
There were also costs for teacher and staff time spent to meet assessment and reading criteria — time that could not be used for students or to train teachers in other subjects, Bake said.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
If so, an environmental assessment worksheet or an even more rigorous environmental impact study could be mandated before permits could be issued.
—Peter Passi, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessment
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Because a tax bill may be sent to a business office or other location different from the property being transferred, some of the addresses listed may differ from the property that was transferred.—
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Reverse tax cuts enacted in the 2025 legislative session?—
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Their job is to apply state law to their appraisals of real and business properties.—
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This tells the seller that even if appraisal comes in low, the deal won’t fall apart over a reasonable gap.—
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And there’s never been a more important time for that evaluation than the offseason Mahomes will spend rehabbing from a season-ending knee surgery.—
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Of course, vaccine evaluation and monitoring should be constant, particularly for those administered to children, to ensure safety and efficacy.—
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The Tribune’s estimates included nearly $34 million for ICE and nearly $6 million for Border Patrol.—
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The tankers were transporting about 15 million to 22 million barrels of oil, according to industry estimates.—
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The robot’s parkour and backflip videos, milestones reached through iterative control research over the years, are not just theatrical stunts but experiments in dynamic balance, state estimation, and whole-body coordination.—
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The rise of fintech has driven up savings and payments volumes in Africa, but only 2% of about 700 million African bank accounts are applied towards investments, by Aig-Imoukhuede’s estimation.—
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The examination of the past all feels pretty surface-level.—
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After an examination of her records, the election board said 188 of Walker Thomas’ petition signatures were invalid, which brought her total number of valid signatures to 445, below the minimum 500 signatures required to run.—
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“Assessment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assessment. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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