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appraise

[uh-prayz] / əˈpreɪz /


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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

The temptation to amuse the audience led him to betray his duty to appraise the work of aspiring artists who tremblingly dared present themselves before His Nasty Majesty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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

If one wants to appraise it, it is at once heroic and banal—but who wants to do that?

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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

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 was naturally generous; yet she was a just woman; and I know that, while we were unprovided for, she could not have given, as the world appraises giving, much to him.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various

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

“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

As Theresa appraised her new apartment from the doorway — four bare walls, two filmy windows — she could not help but imagine what Helen would think of the decor.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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

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

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison


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