fair market value

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Recent Examples of fair market value The county assessor plays a crucial role, setting the fair market value for more than 500,000 properties within the county to help determine property taxes owed, but does not set tax rates or collect taxes. Grace Hase, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025 The charter amendment stipulated that the sale price must be fair market value, for a minimum of $25 million. Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025 The option agreement provides an avenue for UCSD to purchase Palomar’s assets at fair market value as determined by Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics, though no actual market value is listed in the document. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025 While comments by executives largely centered on disputes over pricing and fair market value, a sticking point in the negotiations – ingestion – reflected the complexities of the streaming era. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fair market value
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Noun
  • Raising Ryanair’s $35 billion market value would be a stretch even for Musk.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026
  • For example, on January 20, 2026, alone, the Magnificent Seven collectively shed $653 billion in market value, reported TheStreet with five of seven members in negative territory year-to-date.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Olathe’s trajectory mirrors what’s happening across Johnson County — which saw more than 90% of the homes go up in value in 2024, with the average home prices sitting at $508,000 and average sale price at $557,000.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Cultural, linguistic, and value-based assimilation challenges arise, potentially altering national identities and eroding civilizational confidence.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • There’s a reason why communities are increasingly pushing back against plans to build data centers; costs borne by the community far outweigh the benefits to the community.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The bill includes incentives for schools to lower the cost of a degree and to ensure that graduates meet certain average income thresholds, a nudge to help students attain degrees in fields that offer enhanced opportunities.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026

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“Fair market value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fair%20market%20value. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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