Thesaurus results for APPRAISALS

appraisals

noun

plural of appraisal

as in assessments

an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something gave us a positive appraisal of his artistic talents

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the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something the appraisal of the house's value took place yesterday

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Recent Examples of appraisals The owners were given third-party appraisals on each property and allowed to discuss the land acquisition over several months. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Lehman, who has a staff of three but wrote the appraisals himself, can choose only a few major battles to fight in a short window. — Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 Graziano argues the city appraisals did not use the proper methodology. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Abbott’s plan includes a limit on local entities’ spending, requiring any tax increase have approval of two-thirds of voters, cap appraisals to no more than 3% and end public school districts’ reliance on homeowners’ property taxes for funding. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026 Buyers handle appraisals, and listing a home early can strengthen offers. — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 16 Aug. 2026 The heirs have submitted appraisals valuing the painting at roughly $20 million when the lawsuit was filed in 2014. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026 Some information can be gleaned from such appraisals, like what shape the recovered debris is in, what degree of temperatures they were exposed to. — Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026 Many measures, such as those in Louisiana, have yet to receive cost appraisals but are still projected to curb local government revenue streams. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026

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Noun

According to initial assessments, a massive chunk of ice snapped off a glacier and tumbled thousands of feet into the valley below.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Officials are still investigating the exact cause, though preliminary assessments suggest an ice avalanche may have blocked a river upstream in Tibet, triggering the sudden outburst flood.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of assessments

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In its 37-page report, the AI company documented how its models navigated a series of evaluations before and during the incident.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Hugging Face is a repository that hosts open-source AI models, as well as benchmark evaluations, and data sets used for AI training and testing.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of evaluations

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In oil, a single statement about Iran, Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or the Strait of Hormuz can change perceptions of future supply and send billions of dollars moving through commodity markets.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
More than just savings Grullon said outdated perceptions about thrift shopping have largely disappeared.

— Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of perceptions

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Precise estimates of oil passing through the strait are not available, but the volume seems to be somewhere between a quarter and half of the prewar flow of 20 million barrels a day.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The striking part is how closely those estimates line up with the betting market.

— Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of estimates

Noun

Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations.

— CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026
And yet he’s built a collection that, by some estimations, ranks among the top in the country, homing in on grade-A examples of American masters—Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and with a particular focus on Basquiat.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

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