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
The pastor appraises the image.
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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
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
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Simplifi meets rigorous security certifications, such as SOC 2, which are part of a comprehensive external audit that assesses the security, confidentiality and privacy of a program’s data.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Valentino co-founded the Early Warning Project, which assesses the risk of mass atrocities around the world.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Jacob Sacks, director of economic development for Alchemist CDC, estimates that 20 percent of them were LGBT+-owned, as well as 64 percent being woman-owned and 75 percent being entrepreneurs of color.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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The Society for Human Resource Management estimates companies set aside about 26% of their HR budgets to recruit.—
Colleen Batchelder,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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She is told the organization values autonomy now.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Budgets are not just a bunch of numbers on a page, the breakdown of where the money is spent shows where the agency is legally required to spend the funds and what the agency values.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Benchmaxing, by contrast, is about the structural conditions under which the entire industry evaluates itself—and, the research argues, those conditions are routinely manipulated or ignored.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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This category evaluates whether users receive meaningful value relative to cost.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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“Appraises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appraises. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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