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appraise

[uh-preyz] / 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

There is something almost absurd about attempting to appraise “Gilgamesh,” as though one were asked to appraise wind, or love, or that first human thought that trembled toward language.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 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

She dabs away imaginary crumbs from Sunny's grimace and then turns to appraise me.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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 himself as a man of limited vocabulary and occasional malapropism.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2023

With binocular vision the balls appear at different distances, but judgment appraises them as of approximately equal size.

From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew

Raj Bhakta, a former “Apprentice” contestant, bought the land at a 77% discount to its appraised value shortly after the school closed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 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

If the property’s sale price is lower than the appraised value, some appraisers give the seller’s agents the opportunity to argue why the home should be valued higher, Brooks said.

From MarketWatch Dec. 12, 2025

The station agent shook their hands and appraised them, unbelieving.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

I wished she would go; she was like a shadow standing there, watching me, appraising me with her hollow eyes, set in that dead skull's face.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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