assessing

verb

present participle of assess
1
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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2
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 The report from the Pentagon has at least 153, but notes that as of earlier this year, there were 15 other incidents in Yemen the military was assessing in response to reports received through nongovernmental organizations. — James Laporta, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Much of Choco is only reachable by boat or plane, which may pose difficulty in assessing the wider toll. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 In Colombia, local officials are still assessing the damage caused by Monday’s seismic activity. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026 Authorities warned residents to remain alert for possible aftershocks as emergency teams continued assessing damage throughout the affected region. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 Buyers must conduct thorough due diligence, including assessing the shipyard's financial health and commissioning independent quality surveys. — Benjamin Maltby, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 One way of assessing that instability is through squad churn, a metric that measures how much a team’s share of playing minutes changes from one season to the next. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026 Gold steadied after its biggest weekly gain since January, with traders assessing a surprise contraction in the US jobs market that allayed concerns around an interest-rate hike. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 Rather than assessing individual process decisions separately, the new system is intended to examine multiple design options and weigh competing factors together. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assessing
  1. imposing
  2. estimating
  3. charging
  4. valuing
  5. levying
  6. evaluating
Verb
  • Haaland was one of the top scorers and most charismatic players at the World Cup held in Mexico, the United States, and Canada, and his imposing stature and goofy sense of humor sparked a wave of creative viral videos and memes.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Frances Neagley is not the imposing physical presence that Jack Reacher is.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of imposing
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  • Investor Michael Burry went further in November 2025, estimating that big cloud firms were understating AI depreciation by about $176 billion from 2026 through 2028.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Much existing research has had to rely on estimating which tasks could potentially be accomplished by AI, or indirect surveys rather than actual spending or usage records.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of estimating
Verb
  • Video captured recently in Botswana shows the terrifying moment a tourist boat had to outpace a charging hippo.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • After Manitou Springs began charging for parking, Klaver said his business there saw an immediate change.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of charging
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  • Organizations frequently fall short, despite valuing open information flow.
    — Gary Zammit, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Fernandez’s future is still uncertain at the club, with Chelsea leaving him off the ‘not for sale’ list this summer and valuing the 25-year-old at £120million ($161m).
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of valuing
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  • The fans are seldom satisfied, and the local media corps isn’t shy about levying criticism.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • For example, the EU and CPTPP countries already ban countries from levying duties on certain digital activities and content.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
Definition of levying
Verb
  • Patients may wish to consider how frequently a doctor performs these procedures when evaluating their experience.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, sureties often view access to credit as an important indicator of financial strength when evaluating bonding capacity.
    — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of evaluating

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