appreciation
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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
Many employees didn’t share Cook’s appreciation of in-person meetings, as evidenced by widespread pushback to the company’s return-to-office policies instated in 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
While Tina Turner didn’t draw many honky-tonk regulars into her fold with this big swing, the album has since won renewed appreciation for Turner’s way of returning country to its Black musical roots.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 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
The class oohs in appreciation, but Sara stands rigid next to me.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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The report referenced “birthday celebrations, employee appreciations, baby showers, and flowers for a selective few, including executive leadership.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
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
Among the rudest men the appreciations are no higher than among inferior gregarious animals.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
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