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evaluate

[ih-val-yoo-eyt] / ɪˈvæl juˌeɪt /


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The best way to evaluate the GDP report, then, is to look at consumer spending more broadly as well as private-sector purchases of goods and services.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

However, two key jurisdictions — the European Commission and Britain’s media and culture minister — continue to evaluate potential anticompetitive effects.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

To evaluate aging, the researchers relied on several "epigenetic clocks."

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

His decades in Washington gave him unmatched institutional knowledge and influence, but his health concerns also raised questions about whether political institutions have adequate ways to evaluate when leaders should step aside.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the caliber of the men involved.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

And with “In the Mouth of Madness,” he once again evaluates the price of making great art, but this time from a safer distance.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

Monday’s talks included top Anthropic security researcher Nicholas Carlini; Logan Graham, who leads the company’s team that evaluates models for risks; and Dave Orr, the company’s head of safeguards.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

For its part, Palantir’s board said the company has its own due diligence processes and evaluates the risks involved in customer engagements.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

The language model evaluates each step and steers the search toward pathways that make chemical sense.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

First off, I don’t go through the line for anything, to avoid that vulnerable moment of coming out into the lunchroom, that moment when every head lifts and evaluates: friend, enemy, or loser.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Other personnel who were evaluated for minor injuries have been returned to duty, Centcom added.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

He said the board should recommend restoring standardized testing for fall 2027 admissions and study its effects over four years, using methods UC used when it last evaluated testing in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Historically, a condo inspection was a superficial affair that only evaluated what was wrong within the four walls of an individual unit.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

They evaluated efforts across six distinct categories: risk assessment, current harms, safety frameworks, existential safety, governance and accountability, and information sharing.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Every cadet possessed a burning desire to be recognized, but never noticed, as his piercing blue eyes evaluated his corps.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

In his view, it shows that investors are interested in evaluating memory-chip makers on their own given the role they play in the AI buildout, rather than as part of the broader chip sector.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

An ICE spokesperson said the agency wouldn’t discuss law enforcement tactics but that “we are always evaluating our procedures to keep our officers safe and criminals off our streets.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

“We are always evaluating our procedures to keep our officers safe and criminals off our streets,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The trial of two potential treatments for Bundibugyo began in the DRC on July 2, and is evaluating the effectiveness of the monoclonal antibody MBP134 and the antiviral drug remdesivir, alone and in combination.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

For eleven minutes, Fischer continued to visualize the position in his head, evaluating it without seeing it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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