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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

We’re really training him to appraise things at a young age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

There’s a risk that even auditors will fail to accurately assess a fund’s value or are late to appraise changes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026

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

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

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

It appraises itself and through this self-appraisal manages its affairs....

From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Capital Group declined to confirm the reported $ 210 million sale price, but the building was last appraised in late 2024 at $212.5 million, down from $605 million 10 years earlier, according to Bloomberg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

At Doc’s house, his wife appraised me at the front door, holding her nose at the smell, and announced that Doc wasn’t there but was probably at his office.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

Angelina gave Fred an appraising sort of look.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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