appraise
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In January, Ho Chi Minh City's Civil Judgment Enforcement Agency said that it was seeking experts to appraise the value of two crocodile skin Hermès Birkin bags seized from Truong My Lan.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
There is something almost absurd about attempting to appraise “Gilgamesh,” as though one were asked to appraise wind, or love, or that first human thought that trembled toward language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
We’re really training him to appraise things at a young age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
If your husband wants to appraise his children of your estate plan, he can do that.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
"I can't imagine what became of my silver cross," she said, fingering the gold-link necklace under her mink stole as she paused to appraise the big house.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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The ceramics and glass expert, with Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers in Edinburgh, joined the BBC programme in 2018 as one of the specialists who appraises objects brought in by members of the public.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“There is a bid/ask spread just like there is for any other traded asset,” explained Trip Brannen, chief financial officer at Coinfully, a company that appraises and purchases coins.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Roberts said the companies will go through an appraisal process to determine the value of Hulu, and that process appraises “a lot more than Hulu,” in his opinion.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2023
We follow her gaze as she studies, appraises and, with a frown, corrects her work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
In buying an article which will serve him in several ways, a man appraises all the unlike services that the article will render.
From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates
“We plan to sell it to another family member for the appraised value.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
We plan to sell it to another family member for the appraised value, but that may happen after the six-month time frame.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Now is still a great time to consider getting it appraised and insured — before something happens to it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
A giant digital screen onstage features a countdown clock and a loudspeaker along the main thoroughfare also keeps guests appraised of how much time they have the get back to their seats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
Dorcas has been acknowledged, appraised and dismissed in the time it takes for a needle to find its opening groove.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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Still, Mr. Turley observes, the newly independent Americans’ rage “would prove transformative for many framers in appraising the promise and the perils of democratic systems.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Buffett’s success hinges on his skills as a value investor, “always appraising stocks as fractional-ownership interests in businesses that he planned to hold over the long term,” said the manager of the $23.5 billion fund.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025
She wasn't interested to know that Clyde, appraising us from his teeny terrarium, was a near-doppelgänger for the 16 1/2-year-old companion I had lost a few months before.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
Star, meanwhile, said Mrs Macron had "great talent" when appraising her performance.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
She jangled the large ring of keys she wore at her waist and gave Penelope an appraising look.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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