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appraise

[uh-prayz] / əˈpreɪz /


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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

If your husband wants to appraise his children of your estate plan, he can do that.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

YouTube Recap doesn't just appraise your music tastes, but all those weird cat videos you watched in the middle of the night instead of sleeping.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

That’s a huge time-saver for insurance agents or restoration specialists looking to appraise a property.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2025

Then, too, she would have advised against my marriage to Lelia, the lengthy Anglican goddess, who’d measure me ceaselessly while I slept, continually appraise our vast differences, count up the ways.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Assuming the property appraises at the higher purchase price, the seller would receive about $2,680 more before commissions and other transaction costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

To it must be added, as a supplement, that he must be a 'made' man—made in a long hard pupilage in a stern school that appraises strictly on results.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone

After spending money getting a condo unit appraised and inspected, she thought the deal was mostly done, but was still awaiting documents about the HOA from the seller.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

There are further restrictions around accessing material containing personal information, that is business-sensitive, or has not yet been appraised, according to the congregation's access policy.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

That is leading investors and fund managers to get struggling projects appraised at fair market value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The couple isn’t planning on getting the bust appraised due to the high cost of the service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The station agent shook their hands and appraised them, unbelieving.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

Referring to guidance from the Treasury on appraising politics, programmes and projects in terms of their financial impact known as the Green Book test, Wearmouth added: "We need to lobby to change that."

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 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

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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