appraises

verb

present tense third-person singular of appraise
as in assesses
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding take a moment to appraise the current situation

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Recent Examples of appraises Flock appraises homes of landlords looking to sell without triggering costly capital gains taxes. — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026 The pastor appraises the image. — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026 The appraisal district appraises the market value of residential, commercial and industrial property for tax purposes. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appraises
  1. assesses
  2. estimates
  3. values
  4. evaluates
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  • To launch these efforts, the United States should develop a comprehensive grading system for defense industrial security—a framework that assesses allies’ ability to safeguard critical technologies and identifies areas for improvement.
    — Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Takuji Aida, chief Japan economist at Credit Agricole, said the next rate hike is likely to happen in January, when the BOJ is scheduled to release its quarterly outlook report that assesses economic activity and prices.
    — Lisa Kim, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of assesses
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  • Bloomberg Economics estimates actual investments are closer to $7 trillion.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The team estimates that a person can typically supervise only three to five active AI agent sessions at a time.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of estimates
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  • This is the signature of a player who values the weight of every minute spent on the court.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Ultron values his ability to hide his loyalties and sees it as cheeky.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of values
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  • The system then evaluates whether rerouting that transformer to Red Oak delivers higher business value without creating disproportionate risk to the Arizona program.
    — Jayashree Arunkumar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The median job tenure in the US is about four years, while the federal government evaluates health outcomes on a 10-year timetable.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaluates

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