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final auction bid was still less than the minimum valuation that we had specified as acceptable, so the painting was withdrawn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 And valuations on several loans held by its biggest financial backer, a private-credit affiliate of KKR, range from nearly 100 cents on the dollar — a full recovery that is nearly unheard of when equity is wiped out — to around 10 cents. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 That, granted, was a brief if treacherous gut check, giving way to a re-expansion of valuations and a march to new highs through 2019 right up until Covid struck. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Gray himself highlighted cybersecurity, geopolitical risk, excessive valuations, and supply constraints as meaningful concerns. — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 All these geopolitical variables put a partial freeze on energy dealmaking—potential sellers ask for more money on inflated valuations, while the buyers think longer term and conservatively. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 Especially because the rankings are based on human evaluation, and humans make mistakes, are biased, or have their own individual priorities and valuations. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 What’s next With NHL valuations on the rise, the league is exploring expansion beyond 32 teams. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valuations
Noun
  • The company’s responsibilities have included negotiating acquisitions, structuring deals, ensuring project appraisals are completed and collaborating with the state agency that Bell leads.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The shop also provides research and appraisals of instruments.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Our responsibility is to provide accurate medical information, compassionate counseling and the full range of medically reasonable options so patients can make informed decisions consistent with their values.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Sayegh also puts her staying power down to her father’s influence, which instilled core values like honoring deals, treating people with respect and booking movies based on audience demand and not personal taste.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The tax generates more than a half-billion dollars for county public schools, district estimates show, and the vast majority of it supplements the salaries of teachers like Fortich.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Earnings growth across the sector could see meaningful upward revisions as incremental data-center contracts are signed, and tightening power-market fundamentals drive upside to consensus estimates.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The candidates also clashed over immigration enforcement and deportation policy, healthcare, and high gas prices.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The problem with rising diesel prices is that some farming businesses cannot pass the increase to their customers, Rodney Knittel, the Illinois Farm Bureau Associate Director of Transportation and Infrastructure, said.
    — Bernarda Malevska, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Participants then completed assessments of self-compassion, positive affect, stress, etc.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Organizations must translate governance into ownership, controls, risk assessments, testing, monitoring, incident response and measurable accountability.
    — Muhammad Affan Habib, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Co-author Kaitlyn Becker, an MIT mechanical engineering assistant professor, said the technology could help therapists compare patient evaluations over time.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But on key predictors of vote choice, especially presidential approval and economic evaluations, the opinions of independents appear to be closer to those of Democrats than to Republicans.
    — Julio Borquez, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • This is encouraging — trustworthy system should be able to pump the breaks and realize when data inputs are too unreliable to make accurate estimations.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026

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“Valuations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valuations. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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