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appreciation

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




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Our collaboration has brought us closer, too, forging newfound respect and trust, along with deepening our appreciation and love for each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“I expressed my deep appreciation for the Israel-NYC economic relationship during my campaign for comptroller, and that appreciation remains unchanged,” Levine said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Alex Mahon says she's noticed an uptick in appreciation for in-person experiences like these - perhaps as a backlash to the amount of our lives now spent on a smartphone screen.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

By paying only $850,000 for your bond, the buyer would receive the 5.6% interest payments your bond pays plus $150,000 in appreciation when the bond matures at $1 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

He said he wanted to show his appreciation for plugging the leak in the boiler & replacing the broken crankshaft.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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

It involves alertness of spiritual response, alacrity in taking hints and filling orders, timely appreciations, considerate delays, and all the other delicate retards and accelerations that are necessary if hearts are to beat as one.

From Life's Minor Collisions by Frances Lester Warner


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