value judgment

as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something lexicographers do not make value judgments about words when deciding whether they should be entered in the dictionary

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Recent Examples of value judgment Between the lines: Many online safety experts are careful not to make value judgments about how teenagers spend their time. Megan Morrone, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024 People do make value judgments about e-mail addresses. IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2011 Allow me this time to make a value judgment on the kinds of art being peddled on the blockchain on sites like Opensea. Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024 The latter is ultimately a value judgment; military analysis alone cannot dictate where to draw the line. Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for value judgment
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Noun
  • Despite Cassian’s negative assessment, Luthen sets up an operation on Ghorman, sending Vel in, and adding Cinta to the mission on Vel’s insistence.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
  • And there were signs even before President Trump took office that his administration might seek to undermine the latest edition of the assessment.
    Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 29 Apr. 2025
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  • The appraisal district’s phone hours will stay on the standard 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. schedule.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users Cory Booker Breaks Record With 25-Hour Speech Blasting Trump Florida Special Elections: Republicans Win Gaetz And Waltz’s Seats Administrative Bloat Faces A Reckoning A candid appraisal suggests these layoffs may signal a necessary correction.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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  • Companies that participate in the voluntary program agree to submit to and participate in the NAD’s evaluation process.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Even so, the goodly nerds over at Virginia Tech have partnered with the Insurance Institute for Highways Safety (IIHS) to rate 238 bike helmets using the STAR evaluation system.
    Chris Cona, ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • Fried, everything the Yankees could have hoped for and more so far with Gerrit Cole sidelined, wasn’t the only newbie who continued to make a strong first impression on Friday.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 May 2025
  • When markets like Boston and New York are in play, in-market deliveries can account for nearly half of all the impressions that are credited to the national media partners.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 May 2025
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  • Among them are loss, sickness and the perception of being a burden to others.
    Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • For any brand, especially industry leaders, organic search results and digital press are invaluable tools in shaping public perception.
    Darius Fisher, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • But in recent weeks, Musk dramatically lowered his taxpayer savings estimates from DOGE's government cuts, disagreed publicly with Trump's aggressive tariff policies and butted heads with multiple Trump officials, some publicly, revealing divisions within the White House over Musk's influence.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Pfizer on Tuesday expanded its cost-cutting efforts and reported first-quarter profit that topped estimates, even as the company’s sales fell, largely due to dwindling revenue for its antiviral Covid pill Paxlovid.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Value judgment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/value%20judgment. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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