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
Shares opened for trading at $52 apiece, surging 30% from the IPO price - which had valued the firm at $15bn - to more than $19bn.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Crampy, on the other hand, had valued the vases at a thousand pounds, although he admitted the possibility of their being forgeries; he was, however, prepared to pay the money and take the risk.
From A Drake by George! by John Trevena
