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 The board will also calculate the amount of wealth subject to the tax using publicly available stock information and private assessments of personal property, such as artwork and jewelry. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Training resumed on October 1, after the company completed further assessments. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 It’s considered the gold standard in assessments and is the only common yardstick that measures student learning across the country. — Lamar Alexander, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 The injury's location, detailed neurological assessments, and evidence of any improvement haven’t been disclosed in any available reporting. — Mike McRae 21, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026 The information is traceable and structured for use in tools like digital product passports and life cycle assessments. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Their accounts are supported by public records, including emails, internal reports and hydrologic assessments. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 The label made viewers perceive less effort behind the work, which reduced their willingness to engage with the brand and lowered their assessments of product quality. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 This move would only continue to shift this heavy financial burden onto local businesses and individual homeowners, many of whom have recently received notices of increases of more than 10% in their property assessments. — Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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The company’s responsibilities have included negotiating acquisitions, structuring deals, ensuring project appraisals are completed and collaborating with the state agency that Bell leads.

— Rob Davis, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
The shop also provides research and appraisals of instruments.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of appraisals

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Earlier testing included evaluations while ships were docked and at sea.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
But late last week further evaluations revealed that Hurts has a deep vein trombosis as well as a bilateral pulmonary emboli – which the Eagles and Hurts' agent announced on Monday.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of evaluations

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Walczak’s estimates assume local governments raise tax rates enough to fully replace the lost revenue, based on state property records for every parcel in Florida.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
The team generated 500 model estimates and calculated average concentrations for 25 PFAS detected at least once in the national dataset.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of estimates

Noun

The data comes from the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute’s inaugural regional well-being survey, which asked adults across 14 counties about their finances, housing, communities and perceptions of their own lives.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
The school has worked hard to knock down the bogeyman perceptions.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of perceptions

Noun

Specialists must evaluate a patient's symptoms, medical history, neurological examinations and imaging results to determine whether the disease is present.

— Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Jean also said at least a dozen children underwent medical examinations and that Osbeck lacked the documentation required to operate an orphanage.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of examinations

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With the absence of any major AI company and relatively expensive valuations, investors have picked markets such as South Korea and Taiwan over India, experts said.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The group will discuss what drives franchise valuations, how transactions are structured and where the next investment opportunities are emerging.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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