valuations

plural of valuation
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as in values
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final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn

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Recent Examples of valuations Kim said valuations and earnings were never seriously in doubt during the semiconductor rout, which was instead driven by technical factors and fund flows. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Their values were not separated by more than $300 million in any of the first six iterations of Sportico’s NBA team valuations. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2026 McKinsey has found the same divide showing up in valuations, with top-quartile net-retention performers commanding far richer revenue multiples than the bottom quartile. Abhishek Yadav, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Sportico released its latest NFL franchise valuations, which had America’s Team unsurprisingly retaining the top spot. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026 At some point, though, the divergence between valuations and economic fundamentals becomes increasingly hard to ignore. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Tech stocks in Asia and the United States have swung wildly in recent weeks, at times wiping out billions of dollars as investors question whether the AI boom can justify the sky-high valuations. Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuations
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The son of a nurse and school caretaker, the values instilled in him by his parents and older brother were crucial to building a strong work ethic.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Employees, partners and clients see the values behind the business, not just the business itself.
    Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Campbell’s shares trade for around 12 times weak earnings estimates.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities initially said the number of children aboard was unknown because those below ticketing age were not included in passenger estimates.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Because growing the rice itself is not profitable, even with historic high prices for Japanese rice, the company supports the agricultural costs through side ventures including a restaurant and an ice cream brand launched this summer.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • And even if the goals are truly equal in the administration’s mind, including oil and gas prices at all — and not other items — is a notable shift.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But another said the president’s view of the economy is shaped in part by his frequent viewing of Fox News and Fox Business, which generally air pro-Trump assessments.
    Josh Wingrove, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Auditors generally verified repayments by reinterviewing workers who had participated in earlier assessments.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The History Johnson’s Bears Are Up Against Those 2013 Broncos faced one of the easiest schedules in the league – both by preseason evaluations and postseason assessments as well.
    John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The state has tracked data for 72 workers who have undergone lung transplants and 51 workers who have been referred for lung transplant evaluations.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
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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