value
noun
relative worth, merit, or importance.
had valued
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past perfectof value.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In other words, investors had valued Strategy less than its bitcoin stash—effectively freezing Strategy’s ability to issue new common shares to buy more bitcoin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“I didn’t quite recognize until they were gone how much I had valued what they meant on kind of a talisman level,” Carter says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Discovery had valued the company as high as $60 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 3, 2025
Lichfield-based Rare Book Auctions, sister company to Hansons, had valued both of the papers at between £40,000 and £60,000.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
She was also anxious that her “own blessed young ladies” should be proficients in the various kinds of needlework, on which she had valued herself in her “better days.”
From The Flower Basket A Fairy Tale by Unknown
