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as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
what's your evaluation of her writing ability?
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as in appraisal
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
the evaluation of the defendant's mental condition was conducted by a team of psychiatrists
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Recent Examples of evaluation
Jones was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation and his arraignment was still pending Wednesday.
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Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Each manufacturer runs its own evaluations of purity.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Both passed that off into evaluations that are still happening.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Blood clots sidelined him for part of the 2024 seasons and will be a key factor in his NFL medical evaluations.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
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Experts agree with this assessment.—
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Korf and Laber dispute that assessment.—
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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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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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“Evaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaluation. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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