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self-evaluation

American  
[self-i-val-yoo-ay-shuhn] / ˌsɛlf ɪˌvæl juˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  • self-evaluations
    plural
  1. the act or process of evaluating one's own actions, motives, goals, etc; the results or written assessment produced by this process.


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The twin told her that her self-evaluation underrated her accomplishments, because she played down her pivotal role in drafting two successful client proposals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

It’s a self-evaluation, and I tried to put it down in a way where somebody could pick up the book.

From Salon ● May 18, 2024

Unafraid of self-evaluation and open to any outside information from the people he trusts, Gilbert kept it simple this offseason, evaluating his process as much as his production.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

It was a huge win for a team that just used an off week for self-evaluation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

In class Ms. Gruwell handed out a self-evaluation sheet.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

In retrospect, they might have put too much stock in his self-evaluations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

The system can track how many lines of code an engineer wrote with AI and includes AI tools that provide individuals with insights about their own impact, which they can use for self-evaluations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Schools would carry out their own "self-evaluations" by working with an external "improvement partner" - an experienced school leader, including serving heads, from the school's trust or local authority - to produce a performance review.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2023

The heart of her book, including some of the most painful self-evaluations, comes in detailing the death of her husband, lawyer Jay Monahan, of colon cancer at age 42 in 1998.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

Still, self-evaluations were notoriously inaccurate—and for his current purpose, too little confidence was better than too much.

From A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

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