as in to estimate
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
the house is valuated at six million dollars, pending an official assessment
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Recent Examples of valuate
Valuing the effort that went into it, valuating the resources and the time and the energy.
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Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025
Convertible notes give investors a chance to secure proportionally more stock — and thus company voting rights — per dollar than those who invest after the company is valuated.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
The university told athletics employees in March 2023 that the firm, which specializes in cases of discrimination and harassment, merely was valuating the department’s culture ahead of its move to the Big Ten Conference.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
In contrast, valuating models in terms of business metrics hinges on incorporating business factors.
—Eric Siegel, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
This program is being valuated by the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, according to the project manager.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 9 May 2023
That approach makes sense, temporarily anyway, in the current era of rookie contracts that are valuated and slotted off the NFL draft order.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh valuated the resorts at $353 million, while Disney is pushing for the value to drop to $180 million, according to Singh’s office.
—Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuate
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Barring drastic cuts to spending or bringing in additional revenue, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates the deficit could be as high as $18 billion this year and $35 billion in future years.—
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Idaho’s Office of Performance Evaluations, an independent oversight agency, estimated in a report released last year that the gap between what school districts spend to educate students with disabilities and what the state provides is more than $80 million.—
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Diana Butler Bass, a historian and author of the popular Substack newsletter The Cottage, said Yancey embodied an evangelical Christianity that valued grace and respect for different opinions.—
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The round is expected to be led by GIC and Coatue Management, following a $13 billion raise in September that valued the company at $183 billion.—
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In 2015, the FBI opened an investigation into the group to assess potential criminal activity.—
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Officers were seen entering multiple mobile homes to assess the situation.—
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The pastor appraises the image.—
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Cruz stood at the intersection of Fifth Street and 112th Avenue, appraising her former neighborhood.—
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But they were shorthanded defensively for the Rams’ final drive, with Horn in the medical tent being evaluated for a concussion.—
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The Los Angeles Fire Department said two patients were evaluated at the scene and both declined treatment and transport.—
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“Valuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuate. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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