ASSESSING Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

assessing

verb

present participle of assess

as in imposing

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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as in estimating

to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding let's step back and assess the situation

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Recent Examples of assessing Argentina’s new Agency for Citizenship by Investment Programs will be the government office in charge of assessing applications for the new passport scheme. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 The airline said crews were assessing the aircraft and customers were being accommodated. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Klinder provides a simple criterion for assessing new technological investments. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 Care Must Be Authentically Felt Employees are remarkably adept at assessing authenticity. — Michael Corvini, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 It’s been further modified by many factors, from today’s online publishing platforms to new means for assessing and quantifying scientific impact, and the increasingly interdisciplinary and team-based nature of research. — Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 California Highway Patrol was assessing the threat and inspecting the construction site. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Consequently, assessing its capabilities requires assessing the actions and motivations of its human developers and users. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Computer science professor Zico Kolter chairs OpenAI’s Safety and Security Committee (SSC), which is charged with assessing safety during training and ahead of deployment. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

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Behind its imposing wood and stone exterior, suites outfitted in pine furniture and crisp white linens read chalet-chic.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Russia, traditionally one of the world’s large diesel exporters, has responded to the attacks by imposing a diesel export ban through at least the end of October.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

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All of this is why James is estimating the tally to restore the carousel will top $3 million or $4 million.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Every 2026 Sienna uses a hybrid powertrain, with Toyota estimating up to 36 mpg combined with front-wheel drive and 35 mpg with all-wheel drive.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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One of the consultants, Denver transportation attorney Brett Butzin, billed almost $130,000 for flights in a single year while charging almost $600 an hour for his services.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
At the Meta Connect conference in September, Mark Zuckerberg (the human one) said that the company will eventually make money by charging a small commission for the agent’s transactions.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of charging

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Lorne Michaels took a liking to him (while disliking his predecessor) and took him under his wing, valuing his creative sense by asking for his feedback on writer packages and taking him to auditions.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
The company’s latest funding round reportedly raised $10 billion, valuing the firm at $140 billion—helping Bezos’s net worth soar to $365 billion.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of valuing

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Local authorities also reportedly started levying taxes on insurance policy income and salaries that Chinese citizens earned overseas.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
The usually cordial relationship between Washington and Ottawa has soured considerably in recent weeks, with trade talks derailed and the neighbors now levying multi-billion-dollar tariffs against one another.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of levying

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The study found that 93 percent of shippers consider AI important, very important or critical when evaluating a 3PL.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Nothing the model outputs should be able to talk its way past this layer, because the action layer is not reading the model’s output but evaluating the call itself.

— Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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