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as in appraisal
the act of placing a value on the nature, character, or quality of something
my valuation of your musical talent has nothing to do with our friendship
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as in value
the amount of money for which something will find a buyer
the final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn
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as in importance
the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities
the low valuation that society places on knowledge for the sake of knowledge
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Recent Examples of valuation
The program has already seen three alumni companies acquired, with at least one other raising money at a valuation of $200 million.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Nvidia, one of the star performers driving 2024's historic market gains, dropped 3.4 percent amid mounting concerns over its sky-high valuation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The estimation comes from a conservative valuation of his business and takes into consideration reports that in November 2022 MrBeast was looking for investors to buy into his business, which was then valued at $1.5 billion dollars.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 16 Dec. 2024
Bitcoin is now ranked as the seventh most valuable global asset, surpassing the likes of Tesla and Meta in market valuation.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Nvidia, one of the star performers driving 2024's historic market gains, dropped 3.4 percent amid mounting concerns over its sky-high valuation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The estimation comes from a conservative valuation of his business and takes into consideration reports that in November 2022 MrBeast was looking for investors to buy into his business, which was then valued at $1.5 billion dollars.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 16 Dec. 2024
Bitcoin is now ranked as the seventh most valuable global asset, surpassing the likes of Tesla and Meta in market valuation.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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Set Financial Boundaries: Allocate a specific portion of your portfolio for alternative investments, keeping costs like storage, insurance, and appraisals in mind.Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Prices for Malibu real estate has greatly risen over recent decades, with the median sales price clocking in at $3.5 million in 2024’s third quarter, real estate appraisal firm Miller Samuel reports.Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
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Moreover, these strategies highlight the value of integrating AI not just as a solution for crises but as a long-term enabler of operational stability.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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Jack Nelson, an art faculty member with a strange obsession with the moon, encouraged artists to measure the value of work by the level of risk taken, creating an environment that was just what Bill needed.David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Defense released its assessment of Chinese military power, reporting that Beijing had more than 600 operational nuclear warheads, about 100 more than last year's estimate.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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In farming, the right seeds must be chosen along with an intricate assessment of environmental factors to determine growth potential, much like how enterprises must select the right ideas, products or teams based on business landscapes and objectives.Stefano Carganico, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Patrick said in a Fox News interview that Texas also bought $12 million worth of material during a summer auction, enough to build about 4 miles of border wall.Ayden Runnels, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Dec. 2024
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Tech titans had a big impact on the 2024 election, starting with Elon Musk, whose net worth exceeds $400 billion thanks to his work and investments at several tech companies, including Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, SolarCity and Neurolink.Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Although early estimates suggested that the case-fatality rate could be as high as 4.5 percent, current data from the World Health Organization put the figure closer to 0.5 percent.John Drake, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Twelve years later, estimates of the dead range as high as six hundred and twenty thousand; another fourteen million people, more than half the country’s citizens, have been displaced from their homes.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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Property prices in small villages and towns are very reasonable, and modern cities like Bilbao are only a 90-minute away.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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More than 20,000 Amazon shoppers have snapped up these sheets in the past month, which are currently on sale for their lowest price ever at Amazon.Maggie Horton, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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Consumers increasingly look to peers for genuine product evaluations, with 99.9% of consumers reading reviews before making an online purchase.Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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According to court documents, Dali was ordered to reside in Philadelphia under GPS monitoring, undergo a mental health evaluation and surrender any travel documents.Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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For starters, the methods used to make the estimations have changed a lot over the years as has the data the researchers are using in their analysis.Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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As a result, one estimation by the International Cocoa Organization predicts a 14.2% yield reduction in cacao for the 2023/2024 season.Devika Rao, theweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Valuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuation. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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