as in gratitude
acknowledgment of having received something good from another
a note expressing their appreciativeness of all that we had done for them
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Noun
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Find beauty in the ephemeral, and gratitude in what is not promised, and always invest in the people that want to see you blossom.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 June 2026 -
Her hand is pressed to her chest in a gesture of gratitude, as if to thank him for colonizing her land.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Back in the dugout, Gage gave Lee a big hug in appreciation of his efforts.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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In an expert parody of early white-guy rap and kitschy appreciation of same, Mooney and Bennett play a couple of goofballs rap-narrating their trip to a burger place.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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“Appreciativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appreciativeness. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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