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as in worth
the amount of money for which something will find a buyer
the real value of that house is close to a million dollars
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as in advantage
a quality that gives something special worth
defending the democratic system's intrinsic values
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as in importance
the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities
the value of a good education cannot be overstated
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as in to treasure
to hold dear
a nation that values individualism and self-reliance
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as in to estimate
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
values his stocks at $150,000 or thereabouts
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Recent Examples of value
Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 1 May 2025
Maguire was 32 in March, so how those discussions go remains to be seen, but Ruben Amorim’s back-three system does raise the value of central defenders.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Two charging stations were also damaged by the fire, both valued at approximately $550.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Stick with lighter loads, though, and the Flash 22 is one of the best values on the market.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 1 May 2025
Maguire was 32 in March, so how those discussions go remains to be seen, but Ruben Amorim’s back-three system does raise the value of central defenders.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Verb
Many new hobby entrepreneurs fail to properly value their work.
—Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Two charging stations were also damaged by the fire, both valued at approximately $550.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for value
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Roughly half a trillion dollars’ worth of Chinese goods, or 15 percent of China’s total annual exports, are imperiled by the trade war, but Chinese President Xi Jinping has shown no signs of backing down.—
Chang Che,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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The two countries exchange more than eight hundred billion dollars’ worth of goods a year, and industries throughout the U.S. rely on Mexican labor.—
Stephania Taladrid,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Charles Koch has long been a foe of protectionism and an evangelist for free markets, competitive advantage and mutual benefit.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 May 2025
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College of Charleston brought in EAB to help market those advantages.—
Ron Lieber,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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All of that might be worth exploring in the show, but that’s not the case being made in the Instagram comments, which continue to emphasize the importance of Snape’s whiteness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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Discover the importance of using rain barrels to conserve water and learn how to assemble and properly place your barrel.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Apr. 2025
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Make a Mother's Day Scrapbook Turn those old photo and memories into something Mom can treasure.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
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Its eight half-hours don’t feel like time well spent so much as just spent, in ways too innocuous to hate but too tedious to treasure.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 26% of adults and 19% of children in the United States have seasonal allergies.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Magnificent Seven are also less richly valued following the recent selloff: Alphabet, for example, trades at 17 times profits estimated over the next 12 months, compared with an average of 21 times over the past decade, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Others argue that raising the minimum wage is associated with higher prices and job loss.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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In 1951, however, the treasurer of Harvard, Paul C. Cabot, took the bold step of investing more than half of its money in stocks, which, in the long term, can yield considerably higher returns at the price of higher risk.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Even for the big names, the distinction between the pure and the pragmatic holds fast.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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Technical Architecture Supports Continuous Improvement The distinction between NeMo and Nvidia’s Inference Microservices, branded as NIMs, lies in their complementary functions.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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By last summer, the company reported a $5.1 billion valuation.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The company started 2024 with a roughly $500 million valuation and ended it with a valuation of about $9 billion, after attracting increasing investor interest amid the generative AI boom — as well as controversy over plagiarism accusations.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Value.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/value. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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