appreciation
Example Sentences
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National home-price appreciation also slowed and prices were rising below the overall rate of inflation for nine consecutive months.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The scarcely legible inscription reads: "Presented to Stan Drew by the committee of the Penarth Central Boxing Club, in appreciation of his loyal service, April 10th 1937."
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“It’s what we’ve done for the last 20 years, really. We’re just a bunch of kooks who got together to obsessively make things in celebration of life and in appreciation of each other’s time.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Most had at least some appreciation for the past.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Mrs. Tanaka had no appreciation for bloodlines or former lives—the kind that stretched back generations, the ones that no one knew about.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing appreciation
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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May Vocabulary Words
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