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Among other things, researchers will be able to assess the animals’ physiological stress — for instance, if their heart rate spikes while going over the freeway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

This large-scale approach allowed them to assess the contribution of individual mental abilities to reading performance while also helping clarify why previous studies had sometimes produced conflicting conclusions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The two countries have previously used hacking during the war to spy on each other, find new targets and assess damage from their attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

In a statement, the Welsh government said decisions about the configuration of local NHS services were the responsibility of the health board, "which is best placed to assess the needs of its population".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

In terms of musical material, it is important to assess the sonic aspects as well as the written.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The company has a formula that assesses how much of a credit risk each of us poses, and it licenses it to the big three credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 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 U.S. assesses that the Soviet program was absorbed, not dismantled, by the Russian Federation, and that the program has continued and evolved.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

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

The public will still phone 999, but calls will be assessed and handlers may pass them onto other emergency services or health and social care staff.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

He took a voluntary leave while the authority assessed the situation and later returned to his post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Oil prices fell Thursday as traders assessed fresh U.S. efforts to revive peace negotiations with Iran against persistent Middle East supply risks and the possibility of renewed military escalation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Field applied for Pip in May, but it was denied as she was awarded zero points across all assessed categories.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Amsterdam News assessed the chances of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Aspects tested in the exercise will include coordination arrangements, rehearsing the movement of personnel, equipment and supplies, and assessing whether the different components can integrate and operate effectively as one multinational force, said Bateman.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

The experiment demonstrated that the catalyst could convert glucose in a solution of this scale, an important step toward assessing its potential for medical applications.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

They worry that businesses are using artificial intelligence and other technology to quickly change prices by assessing their needs or profile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Ofcom said it was assessing the complaints and had not yet decided whether to investigate.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

I was doing crazy calculations, looking at people, scanning the room, assessing the variables.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah