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• n  the property of being extremely abundant
  the idiomatic richness of English
• n  abundant wealth
  they studied forerunners of richness or poverty
  the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
• n  the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
  he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
• n  the quality of having high intrinsic value
  the richness of the mines and pastureland
  the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive
• n  the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
  he praised the richness of the soil
• n  a strong deep vividness of hue
  the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room
• n  splendid or imposing in size or appearance
  impressed by the richness of the flora

• A Pencil In the Hand Of God Mother Teresa sees poverty as a kind of richness -- and richness as impoverishment -- as she cares for the dying and unwanted of Calcutta.
• With this teeming book Bellow returned a Dickensian richness to the American novel.
• From her delicate frame comes a voice of astonishing richness and power.

• profusion
• profuseness
• cornucopia
• affluence
• fullness
• mellowness
• rankness
• prolificacy
• fertility
• impressiveness
• grandness
• magnificence

News & Articles

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• Weight loss leads to significant gut microbiota changes
  Gastric bypass surgery can boost the richness of the gut microbiota and increase the number of associations between gut microbiota and genes in fat tissue, says a new study that deepens our understanding of how gut bacteria may influence weight.
  June 10, 2013 - Nutraingredients.com

Quotes

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• Sonia Sotomayor in MiamiHerald.com
  In 1994, Sotomayor told an audience that "I would hope that a wise woman with the richness of her experience would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion" than a male judge.
• Benjamin Netanyahu in The Hindu
  There's a depth and richness of this relationship that is expressed every day. Our teams talk. We don't make it public,Mr. Netanyahu said. "The only thing that's public is that you can have differences on occasion in the best of families...