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appraise

[uh-prayz] / əˈpreɪz /


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He said the company has a team mobilized in Venezuela and that it will need to drill exploration wells to appraise the region’s production potential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2025

I made checklists by which I might daily appraise my altering visage.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Key to the burgeoning market are firms like Professional Sports Authenticator, of Santa Ana, which authenticates and appraises cards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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

To put it another way: The cost of replacing a cracked screen on a year-old iPhone 14 is nearly equivalent to the phone’s value, which Apple appraises at $430 in trade-in credit.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

She is surprised, then appraises him and temporizes.

From Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Advisers are helping clients minimize their tax hits through strategies like harvesting capital losses and getting struggling projects appraised.

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

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

“We plan to sell it to another family member for the appraised value.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

It was appraised for over $400,000, but Phillips knew he would be lucky to get $40,000 for it.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

As she questioned me, she studied what I wore, assessing the fabric and appraising the cost of each item and making a judgment about my taste in general.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls


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