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final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn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 Torsten Sløk, the chief economist at the investment firm Apollo who pointed out the Census Bureau data on his company’s blog, suggests that the survey results are probably a bad sign for companies whose lofty valuations depend on ubiquitous and deep AI adoption across the entire economy. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025 Those valuations may already be shifting. David Chou, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 The investment comes as women's sports have soared in both popularity and valuations in recent years. Jessica Golden, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025 Not all metrics indicate record high valuations. John Towfighi, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 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
  • These really are not medical appraisals.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Retain all supporting documents—acknowledgments, appraisals, valuation workpapers—in case of IRS inquiry or audit.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Encouraging young adults to explore interests, values and long-term aspirations facilitates intrinsic motivation.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Both require a balance of commitment and flexibility, patience and action, values and adaptability.
    Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The arsenal is growing rapidly, believed to have reached 600 warheads this year—more than double its 2019 count—according to estimates from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This approach is unreliable because the proxy materials, like volcanic rock, might have been changed by geological processes or created long after the eggs were laid, resulting in incorrect age estimates.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This gives shoppers two full days to score the best discounts and wow-worthy low prices.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
  • New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This uses metrics like state tests, AP exams, military enlistment, honors diplomas and technical assessments to determine the readiness of a graduating class to enter post-secondary education, the workforce or the armed forces.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The new category uses metrics like AP exams, military enlistment, honors diplomas and technical assessments to determine the readiness of graduates to enter post-secondary education, the workforce or the armed forces.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For this research, 2,750 people underwent about five years of annual neurological assessments and brain imaging along with evaluations of sleep habits to investigate the association between insomnia and brain changes.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Organizational cultures built around control mechanisms—KPIs, evaluations, endless reporting cycles—fuel anxiety and erode psychological safety.
    Sandro da Silva, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And to capture the nuances of the Earth system, Stevens advocates cutting out as many estimations as possible and attempting to use physics all the way down.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers distributed email surveys to 80,000 licensed hunters and another 80,000 landowners in the subject states, and over 1,200 active conservation officers were also surveyed in an effort to get a comprehensive view of attitudes about and estimations of the prevalence of poaching.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025

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