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value

[val-yoo] / ˈvæl ju /




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What are other ways to say value? To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To prize is to value highly and cherish.

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Unpaid work like childcare and household management has real economic value.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Assuming equal treatment for Viridis implies a value of greater than A$5.00/share, the broker says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“As a daughter of a lung cancer survivor who had one year of immunotherapy, and as a registered nurse, I have seen firsthand the value of immunotherapy,” Tarver said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

For years, she has argued to Mainers that her value lies in the seniority and influence she yields.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Having never fluctuated much in value, triple-A-rated subprime-backed CDOs registered on Morgan Stanley’s internal reports as virtually riskless.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Opera will once again revive director Mario Bava’s 1961 movie, “Hercules in the Haunted World,” a sword-and-sandal adventure that The Times has described as having “low-budget production values, atrocious acting and even worse dubbing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

For the 14th consecutive month, U.S. home values fell in real terms, as July’s 3.4% inflation ran roughly one and a half percentage points above the 1.9% home price gain, the survey said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Among the conditions examined, the neurodegenerative disorders AD and MCI showed the strongest associations with higher PAD values, suggesting the greatest degree of accelerated brain aging.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

On its website, the group describes itself as a "spiritual, volunteer-driven fellowship dedicated to improving society" through Hindu values.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

I got to know the Old and New Testaments very well, and I learned a lot of Christian values from the missionaries at that school.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

The clamor for large transactions faded, with the third quarter producing just six megadeals—deals valued at $10 billion or more—compared with 19 in the second quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

A set of unheard Oasis recordings valued at between £1.2m and £1.6m have been pulled from an auction after the band filed an injunction.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Investors expect to be valued at around $2 trillion and raise up to $100 billion in the offering, both figures that would top records set by SpaceX’s June debut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The deal, valued at $8.2 billion, is expected to close by the end of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

With his alchemy of ingenuity and patience, he transmuted the junk into valued presents for every tenant who lived at Number Four Willow Street.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Brookfield Asset Management agreed to acquire Reliance Worldwide in an all-cash deal valuing the plumbing-supplies manufacturer at $2.9 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He was mentored by Robert C. Merton, who later would win the Nobel Prize with Myron Scholes for work on valuing derivatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

When hiring, Kindersley says she looks for people with "equal EQ as IQ", valuing emotional intelligence alongside ability.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Stripe and Advent International reportedly made a bid to take over the payments company for $60.50 per share, valuing the company at roughly $53 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

No matter where they were, Indigenous peoples’ governance was based on valuing what was best for the community over the needs or preferences of individuals.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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