as in to assess
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
take a moment to appraise the current situation
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Recent Examples of appraise
These inquiries have sparked conversations about getting the piece appraised, though the process is still in its early stages.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
CarMax said the driver was a customer whose vehicle had been appraised.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
However, the study also highlights that partner behavior still independently influences how interactions are appraised.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Excessive sales price to appraised value as well as cost/availability of homeowners insurance are a couple that come to mind outside of the normal income and debt ratio loan qualifiers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
CarMax said the driver was a customer whose vehicle had been appraised.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
However, the study also highlights that partner behavior still independently influences how interactions are appraised.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Excessive sales price to appraised value as well as cost/availability of homeowners insurance are a couple that come to mind outside of the normal income and debt ratio loan qualifiers.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appraise
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Unlike mutual funds, private equity offers little transparency, and retail investors may struggle to assess true value.—
Dan Irvine,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Virginia Canter, a former government ethics lawyer, said executive branch employees who don’t have nonpublic information and want to trade stock should consult with ethics officials before doing so, thereby allowing an independent third party to assess their actions.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
22 May 2025
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That proposal submitted by Polk Stanley Wilcox was estimated to cost at least $136,000; the optional inclusion of the shock wires would have added approximately $55,000 to the total price.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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The global ad tech sector in 2025 is estimated to be between $795 billion and $1.5 trillion depending on who’s doing the estimating (exact market definitions and overlaps can vary, with most estimates closer to the first number).—
David Doty,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Numbers don’t mean much if women or non-White soldiers don’t feel valued and heard.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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That same year, Skims was valued at more than a billion dollars.—
M. J. Corey,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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To qualify as a Baltimore Top Workplace, employees evaluate their workplace using a short 25-question survey that takes just a few minutes to complete.—
Bob Helbig,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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With each mission, the company evaluates the data, makes adjustments to the spacecraft, and builds upon its previous successes and lessons learned from failures.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
27 May 2025
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“Appraise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appraise. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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