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as in appraisals
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
my valuation of your musical talent has nothing to do with our friendship
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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final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn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
Sportico’s most recent NWSL valuations, published more than a year ago, put the average franchise at $104 million.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Dividends can also help stabilize portfolios during times of uncertainty and high valuations, Castagno wrote.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
There will definitely be some places where valuations are overblown, and time will tell where those spaces are.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Stocks fell Tuesday after Wall Street sounded the alarm about a market selloff amid growing concerns over inflated tech valuations.
—Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Sexton has recently expressed concern about how a boom in Davidson County property valuations this year might impact local businesses.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Limited liquidity and significant premiums over primary valuations.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Those valuations aren’t representative of a shift in the market of either artist, as ArtTactic’s report suggests.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Under the automakers’ current market valuations, the combination would be worth more than $50 billion.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Dividends can also help stabilize portfolios during times of uncertainty and high valuations, Castagno wrote.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
There will definitely be some places where valuations are overblown, and time will tell where those spaces are.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Stocks fell Tuesday after Wall Street sounded the alarm about a market selloff amid growing concerns over inflated tech valuations.
—Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Sexton has recently expressed concern about how a boom in Davidson County property valuations this year might impact local businesses.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Nov. 2025
Limited liquidity and significant premiums over primary valuations.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Those valuations aren’t representative of a shift in the market of either artist, as ArtTactic’s report suggests.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Under the automakers’ current market valuations, the combination would be worth more than $50 billion.
—River Akira Davis, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuations
Noun
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But the questioning of Arsenal’s credentials feels a little like some of the appraisals of Liverpool this time last year.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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During the shah’s reign, filmmakers wrapped their civic appraisals in allegory, like Dariush Mehrjui’s 1969 Iranian New Wave classic, The Cow, about how a cow’s death spins its owner into unhinged chaos.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For Florida, Sykes argued, even a flat market signals stability after years of breakneck appreciation—especially in Palm Beach, where home values have jumped as much as 200% in the past few years.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Your money matters and personal values are in the spotlight of this retrograde, Scorpio.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Brown bears, mostly seen in Japan’s northernmost Hokkaido island, more than doubled in number in 30 years, according to government estimates – reaching 12,000 today.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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AeroMap estimates drag for different wing-body configurations operating at speeds close to the speed of sound.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Analysts predict that with SanDisk raising NAND flash prices while AI continues to consume much of the industry's capacity, consumer electronics may soon face a new wave of price increases.—
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CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Customers can also receive up to $1,500 in switching credits when moving from another provider, although equipment and activation fees may apply, and prices typically rise after the introductory guarantee period.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Do-it-yourself assessments are affordable and still helpful.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Nov. 2025
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Early assessments by experts suggest serious environmental damage.—
Elisha Iragi,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As for bigger-picture evaluations, Gabriel’s play might determine a lot.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, the job of being a professor became more tenuous and provisional—some 75 percent of faculty are nontenured, many working term to term, with the fate of their employment determined, in part, by student course evaluations.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The potential range of spread projected by the CDC covers more of the United States; however, some of the states in its most recent estimations have not confirmed the presence of Aedes aegypti.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Wall Street is coming up with its own estimations for what’s going on in the economy.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Valuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuations. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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