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[uh-preyz] / əˈpreɪz /


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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

He used a meandering conversation and a few hours to get AI to build Sprout Gifts, a gifting registry for kids, and an app to appraise any items via photos.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 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

It took me a few seconds to appraise my situation.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

We follow her gaze as she studies, appraises and, with a frown, corrects her work.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2023

He appraises the chance of a Buffett deal as good.

From Reuters Jul. 15, 2022

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

We had the home appraised within a few weeks after our family member’s death.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

This collection of notable happenings, updated every week, will keep you up appraised of ways to join the celebrations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

In one episode, for example, a collector shows Berk a trading card he has that is appraised in the $100,000 range.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2025

But the police department, to be sure, pulled out and carefully studied the files on the Nation of Islam, and appraised us with new eyes.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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

Mr. Curtain was looking Sticky up and down and nodding to himself, as if appraising a fine new piece of machinery that would come in handy.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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