appreciation
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But what I gained was insight into the intricacies of the American judicial system, and profound appreciation to be one of the fortunate few who got another shot at justice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But growing up in Los Angeles, he found a sense of belonging in a multicultural community that gave him an appreciation for different cultures, cuisines and music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Spain and China are experiencing a period of mutual appreciation.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
I haven’t been able to calculate my rate of return because that would require making assumptions about future appreciation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
He thanked Los Santitos and gave us a certificate of appreciation for “rendering eminent and memorable service to the Santa Maria community by helping the Salvation Army to give a happy Christmas.”
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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This intimate volume includes slices of memoir, critical essays and appreciations of other authors, among them Ross Macdonald, whose prose she finds “so elegant and rich as to drive any writer to fits of envy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
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
Golden appreciations by distinguished men began to be spoken and written.
From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by William Robert Lee Smith
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