How to Use assay in a Sentence

assay

1 of 2 verb
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  • They assayed the gold to determine its purity.
  • After giving the foragers a day to recover from their treatments, the researchers assayed pathogen loads across all of the ants in the colony.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 26 Nov. 2018
  • With spectrometers for assaying elements in the regolith, the briefcase-size rover hopes to make the most of the 14-Earth-day lunar day.
    — Sanjay Kumar, Science | AAAS, 7 Sep. 2019
  • At the Pantages, the role is assayed by Adrianna Hicks, an ensemble player in the Broadway revival who hasn’t quite made the leap to headliner.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
  • One challenge was to precisely assay the uranium isotopes, which could shed light on the material's source; on at least one measurement, COE scientists came out tops.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 31 Aug. 2017
  • But interoperability—from ad-blocking to switching app stores—is a means by which customers can assay real counteroffers.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • David Lord and a team at Sandia National Laboratories have been working on finding and developing methods for analyzing oils from different fields to quickly assay their chemical constituents.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2018
  • They assayed the gold to determine its purity.
  • After giving the foragers a day to recover from their treatments, the researchers assayed pathogen loads across all of the ants in the colony.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 26 Nov. 2018
  • With spectrometers for assaying elements in the regolith, the briefcase-size rover hopes to make the most of the 14-Earth-day lunar day.
    — Sanjay Kumar, Science | AAAS, 7 Sep. 2019
  • At the Pantages, the role is assayed by Adrianna Hicks, an ensemble player in the Broadway revival who hasn’t quite made the leap to headliner.
    — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
  • One challenge was to precisely assay the uranium isotopes, which could shed light on the material's source; on at least one measurement, COE scientists came out tops.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 31 Aug. 2017
  • But interoperability—from ad-blocking to switching app stores—is a means by which customers can assay real counteroffers.
    — The Economist, 6 June 2019
  • David Lord and a team at Sandia National Laboratories have been working on finding and developing methods for analyzing oils from different fields to quickly assay their chemical constituents.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2018
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assay

2 of 2 noun
  • That [fourth case]was not a TaqPath assay, so there was no reason for the lab to even question it.
    — Joe Carlson, Star Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
  • Other gene assays exist, but this one is the most widely used in the United States.
    — Denise Grady, New York Times, 3 June 2018
  • The assay includes a swab, a vial of extraction solution and a cassette the size of a small flash drive.
    — Emma Court, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The show assays two very different types of female power, and does so with both edge and heart.
    — Daniel D'addario, Time, 30 May 2018
  • What the blood assays for the tau protein, the main component of tangles in the brain, tell us is little less certain.
    — The Conversation, oregonlive.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The assay can run 92 samples in about three hours, although the turnaround time depends on the lab conducting the test.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The species taken from the nematodes’ guts did not stop the growth of E. coli in this traditional assay.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The PanSeer assay is very new and strictly in the exploration phase, the researchers emphasize.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2020
  • The country tests widely for the virus—thanks in part to that first assay, developed in Drosten’s lab—and has managed to keep case numbers low.
    — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
  • This is a case when mouse assays are helpful for knowing what deserves a closer look but far from the last word on a topic.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2020
  • There are a lot of drugs that target the adrenaline system, so the team tested similar drugs in the same assay.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2017
  • In time, Guccione said, the test could be used alongside other assays to reveal more about how T cells protect and for how long.
    — Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This is useful since the extraction step takes extra time and the reagents used in the assay are currently in short supply.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 18 Aug. 2020
  • It was supposed to do general chemistry assays and blood cell counts, etc.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 3 June 2018
  • This assay should be able to be readily adapted to other pathogens.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Birx had said that antigen tests could be used as first-pass screening tools that would be confirmed with follow-up PCR assays.
    — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 7 May 2020
  • Microarrays for running assays on large numbers of genes at once were brand-new.
    — Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 12 June 2017
  • Microarrays for running assays on large numbers of genes at once were brand-new.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2017
  • The development of the proper PCR assay formulation is still down the line, and the team is still seeking funding for the overall work.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 June 2023
  • This test, called a lateral flow assay, can be used in a doctor’s office, with results in minutes.
    — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2020
  • To combat that issue, the swabs Rubin used in the station-sweeping assay are double-headed.
    — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Testing whether the assay can be used for screening will take longer, and will involve learning how to test for levels of synuclein in blood, skin, or on nasal swabs.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Several chemical assays failed to identify any poison; granted, the methods of the day were not up to the task.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The participants had to have first shown symptoms within the past week and to have tested positive in a rapid antigen assay.
    — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The assay, known as CareStart, is among a group of new antigen tests that detect the novel coronavirus by looking for proteins on its surface.
    — Emma Court, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Only three labs nationwide use modern assays to screen for HIV.
    — Richard Stone, Science | AAAS, 24 June 2019
  • The assay, developed by a British biotech firm, was used last year to assess the cellular immunity of people in Madrid.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s assay fell flat.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • That testing includes a seven-drug assay similar to the urine tests used by many probation departments, as well as a separate test for fentanyl.
    — Kate Linthicum, Keri Blakinger and Connor Sheets, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
  • Last year, the European Medicines Agency gave its blessing to a commercial assay that offers a simple way for scientists and public health officials to measure T-cell immunity.
    — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023

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