- present tense form of assess (3rd person singular).
assesses
Example Sentences
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Shares of Meta Platforms have seen choppy trading on Wednesday as Wall Street assesses the implications of the social-media company’s settlement in a closely watched legal battle over child safety.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
One flagged doubtful citations, the other assesses each flag, and I adjudicated every call against my archived sources, across 566 end notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The FAA, which manages environmental analyses as part of its work overseeing some space activities, assesses the effects and discusses alternatives when carrying them out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
A recent analysis from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, an independent nonprofit that assesses the value of medical treatments, concluded that GLP-1 drugs including Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound are cost-effective.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
He assesses them with his shrewd, twinkly, ironic little eyes and calls them “sir,” as if they’re his graduate students.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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