How to Use assessment in a Sentence

assessment

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  • The owners claimed the tax assessment on their house was too high.
  • I don't agree with his assessment of the problem.
  • It's a difficult problem that requires careful assessment.
  • The unions don’t seem to agree with Biden’s assessment of the deal.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Then Sitake looked up and gave his final assessment of the night.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The dour assessment from the ratings company was the latest hit to the U.K.
    — Julie Steinberg, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Is that a fair assessment of what happened on their end?
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 July 2024
  • With that in mind, here’s Ballard’s assessment of the rest of the roster’s issues.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But given the ebbs and flows of the last week, Webb’s assessment of this game’s importance is apt.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • The assessment and reassessment of her books will go on.
    — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • But that assessment could change later in the weekend, Barnes wrote.
    — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
  • What was your assessment of the danger on Manaslu this year?
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2022
  • By the end of April, the DEP intends to issue a notice of penalty assessment.
    — Wayne Parry, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Allen: This all started at a big reunion for the people that worked on the damage assessment for this case in 2016.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023
  • The boy’s death wasn’t noted in a social worker’s initial assessment of the home.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • In first assessments, there are no U.S. casualties and no damage to the base near the Al-Omar oil field.
    — Liz Friden, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The result is a poignant assessment of power, sacrifice, and work still to be done.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Roberts agreed with the assessment that Buehler is now overlooked in the wake of the team’s nine-figure deals with Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • There are betting markets for just about all of these unknowns, so Galen asks the crew to make an assessment of the going odds.
    — Galen Druke, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Our current assessment of the risk to the general public health is low.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 3 May 2024
  • The monitors are there to ensure there isn’t further harm to anything flagged in the assessment.
    — Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2023
  • There was no assessment yet about the fire in the mountainous Upcountry.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • How did Jenkins feel about the coach sharing the assessment publicly?
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Both Wittenberg and the current board declined to answer questions about the cost of the assessment.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • After doing the exercises, the test was done—and so was the assessment.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Granted, this is just one building where the assessment and a fast, subsequent sale are at such sharp odds.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In its assessment, the IEA found that a supply gap of 57 billion cubic meters could emerge next year.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Talk to moviegoers who’ve seen it, however, and their assessments are all over the place.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Those concerns are heightened when AI is applied to skills assessments, where more than two-thirds of HR managers are at least somewhat concerned over its use.
    — Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Menendez brothers 'risk assessment' ordered by Newsom ahead of resentencing hearing.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025

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