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appreciation

[uh-pree-shee-ey-shuhn] / əˌpri ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /




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Overdeck distinguished between that compensation and the paper gains he made on the appreciation of his ownership stake in Two Sigma.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

The experience inspired him to learn other healing modalities, including breath work and sound meditation: the latter of which reignited his musical appreciation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Treasurys have led to a modest appreciation of the won since the summer when it hit a seventeen-year low of 1533 against the dollar.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

This ongoing appreciation of silent movies speaks to a common craving for simple communal appreciation of analog pleasures.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

The children in the grandstand screamed with appreciation.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

He wrote introductions and appreciations, edited anthologies and reissues, taught in writing programs, recommended candidates for artist residencies, advised the Guggenheim Foundation on fellowship recipients and informally brokered the advancement of innumerable authors.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

Her death three decades later in 2023 triggered a flurry of posthumous appreciations that argued she was right all along.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2024

These are not mutually exclusive appreciations of this gown, but I brought to the discussion my research on abolitionist visual culture and read it through that lens.

From Slate May 4, 2023

It’s the usual way of appreciations to speak of somebody in the past tense.

From Washington Post Apr. 24, 2023

We heard them calling one to the other, exchanging appreciations and information.

From A Woman of Genius by Mary Hunter Austin




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