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final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn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 Beyond reducing cash returns to shareholders, this sharp contraction in buybacks threatens a key pillar supporting tech stock valuations over the long term. — CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026 Proponents also argue that billionaires can accumulate substantial wealth from the stock market and business valuations without paying income tax on those gains until they are realized. — Senior Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 But techno-skeptics have argued that warnings of doom are designed to inflate valuations and hype the technology. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 As professional sports franchises command record valuations and institutional investors seek a greater foothold in the industry, the business of buying, selling and financing teams has never been more competitive—or more complex. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Nearly 50,000 property owners were not notified of valuations by the June 15 statutory deadline. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026 The ongoing rat race between AI companies jockeying for trillion-dollar initial public offering (IPO) valuations continues to come at the cost of scientific clarity and adherence to academic norms. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026 Kaegi has regularly butted heads with board members over their appeals, which often overturned his valuations of big business buildings. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 Others warn of the risk of the US going the way of China, where the AI bubble is bursting, wiping out almost $500 billion from tech firms’ valuations. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuations
Noun
  • The company’s responsibilities have included negotiating acquisitions, structuring deals, ensuring project appraisals are completed and collaborating with the state agency that Bell leads.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The shop also provides research and appraisals of instruments.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • LendingTree’s model values the federal child tax credit at $2,200 per child, up from $2,000.
    — Martie Bowser, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Education and giving back are important values to the family as the project represents for them a broader impact within the natural diamond industry.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Walczak’s estimates assume local governments raise tax rates enough to fully replace the lost revenue, based on state property records for every parcel in Florida.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The team generated 500 model estimates and calculated average concentrations for 25 PFAS detected at least once in the national dataset.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Expensive diesel can have wide-ranging economic effects, including on consumer prices, since the trucking industry and many farmers use the fuel to produce and transport goods.
    — DAVID McHUGH, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Average unit retail prices on Coach handbags increased at low-double-digit rates in the quarter.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • CardsHQ's Wilson said some variation between assessments is an inherent challenge in a process that involves human judgment.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Worldly has launched its most expansive supplier compliance solution for environmental assessments, promising companies a simpler approach to proving that each of their facility is up to par.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Adjusting to a full-time role as a pediatric occupational therapist, Cheryl quickly got buried in work, conducting new patient evaluations that each required her to spend hours drafting reports.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Future evaluations will help determine how these aircraft could support carrier operations and Britain’s wider maritime strike capabilities.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • By all estimations, the incoming results are expected to be strong.
    — Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,Lee Ying Shan,Sarah Min, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026
  • And that sum excludes marketing and promotional expenses, as is customary for budgetary estimations.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Valuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuations. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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