valorization
Americannoun
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the act or process of giving, assigning, or enhancing value.
These new products may help enable the use, exploitation, and valorization of a wealth of ocean resources.
The author calls out our society's valorization of the four-year college degree to the exclusion of other career paths.
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the act or process of maintaining the price of something, usually through government action.
Price valorization measures shall be applied only under specific circumstances.
Etymology
Origin of valorization
Example Sentences
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Sotillo said “the valorization of César Chávez in our department has been a point of contention since before I even arrived.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
By optimizing the methodology and design strategies, researchers aim to unlock the full potential of these devices in harnessing solar energy for diverse and sustainable energy conversion processes, such as CO2 conversion and valorization.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
The proponents of Bolsonarismo — with its appeal to individual liberties and its valorization of the country’s vast, conservative interior — reflect much of that discourse, said Pedro Doria, a journalist and historian.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2022
Gioia frames all of this as a corrective to past histories of music fixed on the valorization of canonical figures and great works that serve entrenched institutions and reinforce the status quo.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
And valorization in Brazil would have been a failure, had it not been for a fortuitous combination of short crops, Hermann Sielcken's genius, and the World War.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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