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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final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn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
Nevertheless, the market is currently assigning AMAT valuations akin to scarcity.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The business has made Caterpillar a runaway winner in a market where investors are hungry for AI-adjacent companies after valuations of major technology and semiconductor companies soared.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Palantir, the super-hot supplier of software to the intelligence community, is often cited as the ultimate in over-the-top valuations at a multiple of 353.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
With private equity and skyrocketing valuations becoming a bigger part of the women’s game, not every gesture can be taken at face value.
—Emily Olsen, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Limited liquidity and significant premiums over primary valuations.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, BlackRock prefers European credit over the United States for 2025, thanks to the former’s cheaper valuations.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 23 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
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The business has made Caterpillar a runaway winner in a market where investors are hungry for AI-adjacent companies after valuations of major technology and semiconductor companies soared.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Palantir, the super-hot supplier of software to the intelligence community, is often cited as the ultimate in over-the-top valuations at a multiple of 353.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
With private equity and skyrocketing valuations becoming a bigger part of the women’s game, not every gesture can be taken at face value.
—Emily Olsen, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Limited liquidity and significant premiums over primary valuations.
—Joel Shulman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, BlackRock prefers European credit over the United States for 2025, thanks to the former’s cheaper valuations.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 23 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuations
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Town Attorney Connor Nolan said that two appraisals would have to be obtained before the land could be put up for bid.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Their nervous systems, approach to cognitive appraisals and relationship strategies work together in ways that reduce threat, increase clarity and preserve connection, even when a conversation is exceptionally hard.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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These values drop somewhat when advertising on cable networks, although costs can be fairly volatile depending on the channel and specific program.—
Ethan Stone,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2026
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There’s a belief that the franchise could go for more than $7 billion, which would lift the values of every franchise.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Conservancy then takes those estimates and extrapolates them across the whole island.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
6 Feb. 2026
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Andrew Jackson, an equity analyst at Ortus Advisors, said that investors were also reacting to Arm's guidance only slightly beating estimates, as well as a poor outlook delivered by its chip design customer Qualcomm.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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Carden-Lovell recommends splurging on time off, taking advantage of shoulder season's lower prices, thinner crowds and cooler weather (outside spring break periods, of course).—
Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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Parking currently costs 4 euros — a little under $5 — per day, but Pernthaler says prices will rise to discourage visitors who arrive solely to take a quick photo.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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Teachers increasingly use the technology to create lessons, assignments, and assessments, and educational technology firms are rapidly integrating AI into their products.—
Jonah Davids,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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In financial services, AI agents can monitor regulatory changes and generate impact assessments routed to the right teams.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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To do so, the programs maintain strict admission requirements, structured curricula, and continuous performance evaluations.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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The agreement, signed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Airbus, and CFM International, will see Singapore conduct real-world evaluations of open-fan engines developed under CFM’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines program.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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But a new twist in the company’s estimations of the total number of people watching television by medium is likely to result in a bigger cable audience overall.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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Since the workout was a walkthrough, the injury statuses are participation estimations.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Valuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuations. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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