- present tense form of assess (3rd person singular).
assesses
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He said his firm assesses how confident it is in the funds and what the funds can do for its clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Identifying those signals could help researchers better understand how wildlife assesses potential threats in environments shared with humans.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The county assesses the property as farmland worth $20,008, but estimates its market value is $2.9 million.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 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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