appreciations

noun

plural of appreciation
1
as in admirations
a feeling of great approval and liking my appreciation of her great contributions to women's sports

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2
as in understandings
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something a course intended to give students an appreciation of abstract art

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Recent Examples of appreciations Brian LaCroix, restaurant operator at Chick-fil-A, said the fast food chain will no longer be offering the military appreciations special. — Rosanna Fraire, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025 The release includes interviews, outtakes and critical appreciations. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025 Played on the show by Sarah Pidgeon, audiences on TikTok have gone into a frenzy with appreciations and tutorials showing how to style Besette staples like a white shirt, pencil skirt, and headband. — Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
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  1. regards
  2. understandings
  3. respects
  4. perceptions
Noun
  • And if an enclosure isn't tightly secured, your chickens will escape and wander off without any regards for property lines.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • As well as the latest and greatest of the Adult Swim slate, Head of Development Cameron Tang spoke with regards to their shorts program Smalls and its role in developing new series and turning artists into series creators.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 26 June 2026
Definition of regards
Noun
  • The ruling has long been criticized as out of step with basic understandings of the law, and the court later refused to extend the exemption to other sports, including football, basketball and boxing.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Constitution’s language ruled out neither of those understandings.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Definition of understandings
Noun
  • Local and foreign officials walk past Khamenei's coffin after paying their respects.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Bridget Doherty was among those who came to pay her respects.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of respects
Noun
  • But that doesn’t mean the bonds and awakenings that have been sown won’t grow in their own ways, whether in terms of enduring perceptions or travels to or from here to other nations or inspiring future leaders.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • By the same token, new information and messaging can help modify or entirely erase such limiting perceptions.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
Definition of perceptions

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