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Valued systems regularly used in these times (8)

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assessed

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'valued' is the definition.
('assess' can be a synonym of 'value')

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(Other definitions for assessed that I've seen before include "Evaluated" , "reviewed" , "Estimated" , "checked out?" , "Appraised" .)

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