valuations

plural of valuation
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as in values
the amount of money for which something will find a buyer the final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn

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Recent Examples of valuations Billions of dollars are flowing into pure research, years ahead of any product, at valuations that would have seemed unserious a decade ago. Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Rather, their valuations depend on profits expected in the future and so therefore could contract. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Baton’s valuations lean on inputs like PPP loan data and other public records—not an owner’s actual financials, which the company only incorporates if and when someone claims their listing and engages. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 That lack of growth in player compensation for MLB players relative to their NHL, NBA and NFL peers demonstrates that the current system is not working optimally for all the players at a time when the owners are selling teams for record valuations. Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 For stocks, red flags include high valuations and negative economic moat trends. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Is all of this empire building, with ratings, revenue and team valuations continuing to notch new records, ever going to hit the wall? Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026 Being commissioner isn’t simply about revenue, television ratings or franchise valuations. Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuations
Noun
  • The strange aspect of Hughes’s two-and-a-half-year spell at Liverpool is that appraisals of his performance fluctuated so wildly — and rarely presciently.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The owners were given third-party appraisals on each property and allowed to discuss the land acquisition over several months.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The company’s twin values of work and quirk can sit uneasily in the distractible, self-serious fashion world, to the point that fashion at Hermès has historically been regarded as something of an oxymoron.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout it all, Taylor has remained the same person, with the same values.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Repairs have since taken much longer than promised as costs have increased from initial estimates, creating plenty of material for Foulkes to criticize McKee’s leadership.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The Great Triumphal Arch is estimated to cost at least $100 million, with some estimates reaching up to $250 million.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Pokémon card prices have surged 1,350% since 2020, according to an index compiled by Collectors, which owns card grading agency Professional Sports Authenticator, CNBC previously reported.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Trump will host the governors of South Dakota, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the Oval Office to tout work on lower drug prices, which Republicans hope to turn into a winning midterms message.
    David Lim, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Several preliminary assessments were done, said Susannah Campbell of BFW Engineering & Testing, including studies of the railyard’s soil, possible air pollution, and how much noise a new maintenance facility would create.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • By aligning the right people with the right roles and encouraging an environment of mutual understanding, behavioral assessments play a pivotal role in creating high-performing teams that excel in collaboration and achieve business success.
    Karla Vallecillo, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • On Tuesday, Zuckerberg echoed Huang's stance in a post on X, asserting that an industry-wide emergency brake is unnecessary and that third-party evaluations represent the optimal path forward.
    , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That could include model weights and the numerical parameters that have been shaped during training, as well as internal evaluations, red-team transcripts and incident reports.
    Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • And yet he’s built a collection that, by some estimations, ranks among the top in the country, homing in on grade-A examples of American masters—Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and with a particular focus on Basquiat.
    Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

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“Valuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuations. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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