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final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn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 Meantime, semiconductor stocks and most of the mega-cap tech platforms were convalescing as AI-overspending fears eroded investor conviction and compressed valuations. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 The state tax commission ordered adjustments to Jackson County’s 2023 tax valuations, which the city expects to result in tax credits awarded this year. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 Any slowdown risks undoing those stock valuations, which would in turn ding household wealth and diminish corporate investment. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 With ratings healthy, advertising sales robust and team valuations continuing to climb, the media side of the NFL has seen multiple bidding wars break out for announcing talent both proven and otherwise. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026 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 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
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
  • One of you may value freedom while the other values predictability.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • As baseball owners prepare for a lockout, in a push for the salary cap that would drive franchise values higher, insiders anticipate the MLB expansion fee could settle around or even above the $4 billion range.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Gary district covers about 107,000 people in 75 square miles, Bonta said, yet Schererville has its own district, allowing Schererville residents to get estimates on when to expect power to be restored.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Back in 2006, estimates for stopping and restarting C-17 production ranged from about $918 million to $2 billion, and that was assuming a much shorter shutdown.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Its electric architecture could help operators reduce their exposure to volatile aviation fuel prices.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • If travel prices rise even further, now is an even better time to start thinking about future plans.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Manufacturing, localization, workforce and supply-chain requirements will form part of those assessments.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In the same way that a picture is worth a thousand words, the six-word answer to this question is worth many hours of further questions and assessments.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The company also underwent evaluations of its manufacturing capabilities and previous customer work.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Representatives of the State Attorney General’s Office, however, pointed to Thompson’s pending evaluations and opposed holding a competency hearing in Miami.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 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 27 Sep. 2026.

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