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But prices have shot up so fast that many homes are appraising for less than their sale price, forcing buyers to put up higher down payments to cover the difference.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2022

Economists, investors and veterans of past administrations are appraising potential successors to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, either in a new Obama administration, if President Barack Obama is re-elected, or under Mitt Romney.

From Reuters • May 23, 2012

We are appraising the house for rebuilding cost.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2011

But they are appraising this new situation with philosophic calm.

From Time Magazine Archive

When you are appraising a new film, ask yourself: "Is this motion as rapid, as godlike, as the sweep of the wings of the Samothracian?"

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel