as in distinguishable
able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind
there doesn't seem to be any appreciable difference between this piece and that one
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Recent Examples of appreciable
By three to six months, most patients can see appreciable volume gains.
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Jolene Edgar, Allure, 9 Jan. 2025
For starters, there are a few practical things that ushered this shift:
From the 1970s onward, Americans began to think of homes as appreciable investments.
—Zachary Crockett, thehustle.co, 13 Dec. 2024
While Leicester’s unwise approach aided Newcastle, there was also appreciable improvement in every aspect of the home side’s play.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Authoritarian leaders ignore judges and courts with impunity, and adding courts to democracies has no appreciable effect on their protection of civic freedoms or minority rights.
—Ian Shapiro, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Jolene Edgar, Allure, 9 Jan. 2025
For starters, there are a few practical things that ushered this shift:
From the 1970s onward, Americans began to think of homes as appreciable investments.
—Zachary Crockett, thehustle.co, 13 Dec. 2024
While Leicester’s unwise approach aided Newcastle, there was also appreciable improvement in every aspect of the home side’s play.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Authoritarian leaders ignore judges and courts with impunity, and adding courts to democracies has no appreciable effect on their protection of civic freedoms or minority rights.
—Ian Shapiro, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appreciable
Adjective
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Based on the study’s results, Tucker’s team believes that survivors of severe trauma may see noticeable changes in their biological systems’ baseline levels.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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The aftermath of Hurricane Helene has left Augusta National Golf Club with a noticeable change in its lush greenery.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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This innovative technology, developed by teams at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco, combines brain-computer interfaces (BCI) with advanced artificial intelligence to decode neural activity into audible speech.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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As the years passed, there was no discernible rise in cancer deaths in the area around Fukushima.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Added to the chaos is the underlying rudimentary calculation of tariff levels that have produced wildly uneven and irrational effects on trading partners with no readily discernible policy value.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The hum of an air conditioner on the wall is the only perceptible sound inside the witness room, where a curtain covers a large pane-glass window that separates us in the gallery from the death chamber.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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However, the romantic narrative is punctuated by subtle moments of unease, each barely perceptible on its own but which, taken together, build into something rather more sinister.—
Stephanie Hirschmiller,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Appreciable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appreciable. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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