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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

The policeman turned to appraise his prisoner in the backseat.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

Roberts said the companies will go through an appraisal process to determine the value of Hulu, and that process appraises “a lot more than Hulu,” in his opinion.

From Reuters Sep. 6, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2023

To it must be added, as a supplement, that he must be a 'made' man—made in a long hard pupilage in a stern school that appraises strictly on results.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone

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

Looking back, he said it was "quite evident that nobody was fully appraised of the potential hazard that they were exposed to".

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The middle ground: He should have brought the sealant in the first place, given that you identified and appraised him of the problem prior to his arrival on the first occasion.

From MarketWatch Feb. 7, 2026

A giant digital screen onstage features a countdown clock and a loudspeaker along the main thoroughfare also keeps guests appraised of how much time they have the get back to their seats.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2026

The bald knight appraised Jeanne’s mother and then nodded.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

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

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

Star, meanwhile, said Mrs Macron had "great talent" when appraising her performance.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2024

Mrs. Dimblewit looked around as if the bookshop smelled but also like she was appraising it.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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