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appreciative

[uh-pree-shuh-tiv, -shee-uh-, -shee-ey-] / əˈpri ʃə tɪv, -ʃi ə-, -ʃiˌeɪ- /




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At 64, Marsalis is still playing and attracting appreciative crowds in his final year as the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, after a four-decade run.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Defector, a cooperative founded by former Deadspin staffers, bills itself as “the last good website,” and an appreciative community of subscribers seem to agree.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

He received a hero’s welcome in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv after forging a tenuous Gaza ceasefire last October, visibly moved as he was drowned out by appreciative shouts of “Thank you, Witkoff!”

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

“Does it create friends for you? Are people appreciative? Sure. That’s fine.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

But she’d never had such a large, appreciative audience before.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen




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