How to Use appraisal in a Sentence

appraisal

noun
  • I made a quick appraisal of the situation and decided to leave right away.
  • The book is an excellent appraisal of the influences that have shaped our government.
  • Learn how to protest both the appraisal and the tax rate.
    Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The time is ripe, then, for a more clear-eyed appraisal.
    Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • See which historic pieces got some of the biggest appraisals on the show.
    Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
  • For the new appraisal, the couple had a White friend pretend to be the home's owner.
    Jason Hahn, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Onyeyiri also liked the anonymity of the appraisal process.
    Anna Bahney, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The lower appraisal raised the LTV, which gave the lender an excuse for raising the rate.
    Jack Guttentag, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • When the Rembert canvas appraisal was filmed, both the expert and the owner cried.
    Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
  • The check was signed, an UberX ordered, an appraisal made: faultless.
    Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
  • With both loan types, buyers need to get an appraisal of the property from a lender.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2021
  • All those who win tickets must bring at least one item for appraisal but no more than two.
    Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The idea, in essence: grab stuff before it’s gone and let posterity sweat the appraisals.
    Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In Texas, those who protest their appraisals, get an average of $600 back.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2024
  • The appraisals will affect 2024 property tax bills that go out later in the year.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Aging accelerates the urge, and maybe the need, for appraisal.
    WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The show is one of the largest in the southeast and features more than 100 tables of military collectibles, and free appraisals.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • Even if the seller accepts your offer, there is the perilous appraisal process.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The $1 price tag for the 175-acre site was set through an appraisal by the state’s Department of General Services in April.
    Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2022
  • Next up was a move for a first appraisal on a tract that could expand Historic Blakeley State Park by 81.5 acres.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Proud of: Franklin, Hawkins and I worked on [banning] real estate appraisal bias.
    Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • What's been lost in the iconography is a thoughtful appraisal of Mays, the human being.
    Greg Hanlon, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • An initial three-year term calls for a $2,000 annual lease fee, though that could change once the group completes an appraisal of the land.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2023
  • On the Friday before the Millville race, teams wheel their cars through the event’s main garage, where Rood, dressed in a judge’s robes and a Hawaiian lei, gives his appraisal.
    Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 4 July 2022
  • The long-running series, which sees owners bring in items for appraisal, premiered on PBS in 1997.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The bigger shock came when Edmunds took its Ocean in for an appraisal at a local CarMax.
    Collin Woodard / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Performance appraisals that may lead to dismissal are a scary prospect.
    Bogdan Costea, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The couple criticized the way Lanham came up with his appraisal.
    Debra Kamin, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
  • However, the next step is to present it to the Picasso Foundation in Málaga for appraisal.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Morris said town officials are in contact with the state land development monthly and are getting a cost appraisal.
    Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2024

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