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  • s  enough to be estimated or measured
    appreciable amounts of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor

  • Alcohol may do you no coronary good until you reach the age at which heart disease becomes an appreciable risk.
  • Adults with appreciable amounts of brown fat are usually those who have certain types of cancer or hyperthyroidism, conditions that stimulate the growth of brown fat.
  • I did not spend any appreciable time on my NPR show talking about Scott Peterson, Kobe Bryant, the Terrell Owens incident or Janet's exposing her breast.
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  • Watch Tony Parker Take Over Coaching Duties During Game 1 of NBA Finals
    Tony Parker was everything for the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the 2013 NBA Finals , and that's why they're the proud owners of a 1-0 lead over the defending champion Miami Heat . He was a tactician with the basketball, consistently making the right reads to break down Miami's vaunted defense. His assist total (six) doesn't jump off of the box score, but it certainly takes on more appreciable ...
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Quotes

  • John Paul Stevens in International Herald Tribune
    The city has carefully formulated an economic development that it believes will provide appreciable benefits to the community, including - but by no means limited to - new jobs and increased tax revenue,Stevens wrote in an opinion joined by...
  • Mike Scioscia in Reuters
    We'll slow him down, let the stuff in his elbow calm down, and go from there,manager Mike Scioscia said. "We don't anticipate that it's the sort of setback that will cost him an appreciable part of the season."
  • Edward Rubin in Independent
    While unable to definitively conclude that interbreeding between the two species of humans did not occur, analysis of the nuclear DNA from Neanderthal suggests the low likelihood of it having occurred at any appreciable level,said Edward...

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