substantial
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Representatives for the hotel declined to disclose how much it cost to build the spa, describing it only as a substantial investment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Then they leave substantial inheritances when recipients are in their 50s or 60s, decades after that money actually would have made the biggest impact.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
It remains a substantial political force, with 80 legislators in the state assembly and 28 members of parliament.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Allen confirmed he is negotiating with lenders over substantial debt payments coming due in the next year, but said he is “highly confident they will get refinanced or extended.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Further evidence of fixed residence comes from their heavy stone tools, remains of substantial semi-underground houses with signs of remodeling, big village sites of a hundred or more dwellings, and cemeteries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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