as in to assess
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
take a moment to appraise the current situation
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Recent Examples of appraise
The six bottles collectively have been appraised at more than $13,000.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
This entails scrutinizing the wig cap (considering size and construction), assessing the lace and knots (evaluating flexibility and visual prominence), examining color blending, gauging hair density, and thoroughly appraising the quality of the hair and the overall wig.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 2 May 2025
The publishing assets were appraised at a value of $140 million at the time, but Bieber’s team, which then included Braun, attorney Michael Rhodes and business manager Lou Taylor, was able to get the price up by $60 million.
—Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
Smith also recommended that owners thinking about appealing their valuation file a request with the county under the Missouri Sunshine Law, to ask for all available information about their property and how it was appraised.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
This entails scrutinizing the wig cap (considering size and construction), assessing the lace and knots (evaluating flexibility and visual prominence), examining color blending, gauging hair density, and thoroughly appraising the quality of the hair and the overall wig.
—Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 2 May 2025
The publishing assets were appraised at a value of $140 million at the time, but Bieber’s team, which then included Braun, attorney Michael Rhodes and business manager Lou Taylor, was able to get the price up by $60 million.
—Shirley Halperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025
Smith also recommended that owners thinking about appealing their valuation file a request with the county under the Missouri Sunshine Law, to ask for all available information about their property and how it was appraised.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appraise
Verb
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If not, assess where your points and miles will be the most valuable to you.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
2 Aug. 2025
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However, the Pentagon assessed in its report that the ship can launch large maritime unmanned aerial vehicles for strike, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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Applying results from that study and other research to the recent CBO estimate allowed Gaffney and other researchers to estimate specific effects of losing coverage.—
TOM MURPHY,
Arkansas Online,
2 Aug. 2025
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But those donations, estimated at around $20 million, ultimately amounted to too little, too late to cover the funding that CPB lost.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Skydance’s merger agreement with Paramount valued Skydance at $4.75 billion.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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And the traits females valued in men differed dramatically from what males valued in themselves, GWI found.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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Installation of the devices at village intersections originally was evaluated based on a number of variables, including traffic volume, accident rates, crash and injury severity, crash type and red-light violations committed during those crashes.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Therefore, a first step in structuring your team for rapid growth is evaluating which roles are critical to the business’s long-term growth and which current roles can be transitioned to fill those needs.—
Ahzam Afzal,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Appraise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appraise. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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