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appreciation

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




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The small-estate expectation for real estate is $750,000, and your $1 million property would definitely fall outside of that, not even accounting for price appreciation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

He and other market organizers passed out refreshments to the vendors — tokens of appreciation for coming back outside amid continuing uncertainty.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

I could say that lately I’ve been regarding the things I find nourishing with renewed appreciation.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Mitsotakis, however, congratulated Nolan on the film's "great box office success" and expressed appreciation that a significant part of the production was filmed in Greece.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

They talked about the dead man’s return and the bride’s hat they had given one of the girls as a token of their appreciation.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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

So rarely was she profiled that the obituaries and appreciations tend to recycle the same quotes from a rare interview she gave to the Boston Globe in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2023

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 Williams, C. M.




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