as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
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Recent Examples of value judgment
Acknowledging that no perfect version of Earth exists—that extinction is as normal as any other evolutionary process, that the evolutionary-selection pressures humans are putting on the planet are as natural as the ones plants created in the Late Devonian—frees us to cop to those value judgments.
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Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
These are value judgments about what cultural work demands and deserves.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 June 2024
Still, the patchy effectiveness of the older Perspective API serves as a reminder of the pitfalls of relying on AI to make value judgments about language.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
There are no value judgments to the word Propaganda.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 28 July 2023
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Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024
These are value judgments about what cultural work demands and deserves.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 June 2024
Still, the patchy effectiveness of the older Perspective API serves as a reminder of the pitfalls of relying on AI to make value judgments about language.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
There are no value judgments to the word Propaganda.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 28 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for value judgment
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Without this context, the accuracy of risk assessments is undermined.Philip Caldwell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2025
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Although today they are not required to demonstrate this in an in-depth way, and caps on entry are not based on any sort of labor market needs assessment.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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Yet, when the dresses arrived at the U.S. Custom House in New York in December 1890, federal officers, who suspected they were undervalued intentionally to avoid the tariff, seized them and sent them for appraisal.Einav Rabinovitch-Fox / Made by History, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
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These appraisals affect critical decisions, often leading to high-risk behavior.Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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One resident of the house suffered smoke inhalation but decided not to seek further evaluation.Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Plus, the first quarter of the New Year is a critical time when performance evaluations are conducted, bonuses are awarded and promotions are decided.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Having goals can create the impression that decisions are being made based on race or gender.Emily Peck, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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The song’s coronation on Regional Mexican Airplay comes after a 14% gain in audience impressions, to 7.7 million, logged in the tracking week of Jan. 3-9, according to Luminate.Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
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The researchers determined that framing the gender gap in political leadership as an outcome of men's overrepresentation—such as emphasizing that 71% of Congress is male rather than noting that 29% is female—elicited greater anger among women and heightened perceptions of injustice.Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The stark shift in perception began right away, in the weeks following what was rightly called the most serious attack on U.S. democracy in well more than a century.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
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The process is expensive: thousands of pounds per badger killed, by some estimates.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Analysts had expected sales of $2.09 billion, according to estimates compiled by StreetAccount.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Value judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/value%20judgment. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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