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as in assessment
an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something
gave us a positive appraisal of his artistic talents
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as in evaluation
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
the appraisal of the house's value took place yesterday
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Recent Examples of appraisal
But for high-value artwork, jewelry and the like, appraisals matter.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
An eye-catching deadline day move for Benfica midfielder Florentino Luis was not enough to change Burnley’s appraisal as favorites to go straight back down.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
The board conducted another appraisal in July, due to interest in having a second opinion, Waterman said.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
The reimbursement, coupled with the $3 million purchase price, puts the county close to the $5 million appraisal.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
An eye-catching deadline day move for Benfica midfielder Florentino Luis was not enough to change Burnley’s appraisal as favorites to go straight back down.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
The board conducted another appraisal in July, due to interest in having a second opinion, Waterman said.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
The reimbursement, coupled with the $3 million purchase price, puts the county close to the $5 million appraisal.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appraisal
Noun
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The assessment was first reported by the Washington Post.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Defensive assessment The Horned Frogs’ defense did what it was supposed to most of the night against Abilene Christian, but the performance still left something to be desired.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Sep. 2025
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On July 28, a judge ordered Brown to get a forensic evaluation after Brown’s public defender questioned Brown’s capacity in a motion.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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These graphs not only support debugging but also inform model evaluation, versioning and agent performance monitoring.—
Gopikrishnan Anilkumar,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The number of facilities is significantly more than any previous estimate.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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This marks the lowest pond estimate since 2004.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The wrongful death lawsuit comes amid the implementation of additional safety features on Roblox, and the company’s goal of expanding its age-estimation technology to all of its users by the end of the year.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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Researchers distributed email surveys to 80,000 licensed hunters and another 80,000 landowners in the subject states, and over 1,200 active conservation officers were also surveyed in an effort to get a comprehensive view of attitudes about and estimations of the prevalence of poaching.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
11 Sep. 2025
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Subscribe today Congratulations are due to Alphabet for joining the $3 trillion valuation club, to which only Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia have memberships.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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For most companies and CEOs, the metrics would be preposterously out of reach — among them are an eight-fold increase in market valuation and a 30-fold increase in earnings — but that ignores Musk’s ability to marshal investor enthusiasm and pull off new product launches.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Appraisal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appraisal. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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