assess

In a sentence

Six example sentences with assess, each labelled with its topic.

• Two firms assessed the same warehouse and came back four million apart, which told the buyer more than either number.

  Finance

• Rangers assess the burn scar every spring, counting seedlings in fixed plots to see how the forest is coming back.

  Environment

• Researchers assess each volunteer's sleep with a week of wrist monitors before the study begins, rather than with a questionnaire.

  Psychology

• Scouts assess a prospect's footwork before his shooting, since feet are much harder to teach.

  Basketball

• The judge must assess the witness's credibility, not merely record the words she said.

  Law

• Investors assess the founding team more closely than the product, since the product will change anyway.

  Startups

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More Academic words

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