size up
- ascertain v.
- assay v.
- assess v.
- calculate v.
- classify v.
- compare v.
- compute v.
- confirm v.
- contemplate v.
- determine v.
- estimate v.
- evaluate v.
- examine v.
- eye v.
- gape v.
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- gaze v.
- guess v.
- judge v.
- look out v.
- measure v.
- predict v.
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- rate v.
- scan v.
- sort v.
- speculate v.
- sum up v.
- survey v.
- valuate v.
- verify v.
Example Sentences
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Our roundtable pros size up the trend and offer 10 promising stocks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
To size up the newcomer, I booked a nearly $2,500 one-way ticket from Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
As America celebrates 250 years, we size up how it’s been portrayed in, and has shaped, what we watch, listen to and read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
When you look back, how would you size up what you’re proud of?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Slowly, I looked around to size up the others as I took a seat, easing down by a woman who resembled Mother Lois in her coloring.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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