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appraise

[uh-prayz] / əˈpreɪz /


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His rings appraise for $50,000 to $250,000, though the market can push them higher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Ms. de Graaf is similarly skeptical of the question’s usefulness and helpfully describes what she calls “epistemic” rationality: It involves “the way you appraise reality. Maybe you appraise it differently from other people.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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

Go through the Professional Assessment Rubric, and honestly appraise yourself in terms of how you behave currently as a student in your classes.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

He appraises himself as a man of limited vocabulary and occasional malapropism.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

He was not in the least the kind of young man who appraises passing women, very far from a starer.

From Red Fleece by Will Levington Comfort

When Gordon Russell from Vero Beach, Fla., had a diamond from Costco appraised, he said that the jeweler thought the stone had come from Tiffany & Co.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

Looking back, he said it was "quite evident that nobody was fully appraised of the potential hazard that they were exposed to".

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

In the morning, her mother appraised her over the orange juice.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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

Beside the calm, sane, appraising eyes of the dogs, her eyes looked crazy.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison


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