Richard Lamm

Sprawl is the American ideal way to develop. I believe that what we're developing in Denver is in no appreciable way different than what we're doing in Los Angeles - did in Los Angeles and are still doing. But I think we have developed the Los Angeles model of city-building, and I think it is unfortunate.

American Politician

Nick Harkaway

In the span of a human lifetime, and well within the collective memory, Britain went from a stable imperial power ruling an appreciable fraction of the Earth's surface to being a tumultuous patchwork which was at least superficially in decline.

English Novelist

Jim Peebles

I came from a very small high school in which there was no guidance and not any appreciable amount of physics taught, nor much mathematics. So I didn't know what academia was all about until I got to college.

Canadian Scientist

Edgar Allan Poe

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

American Poet

John W. Thompson

There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy.

American Businessman

Sidney Poitier

An appreciable number of directors have shifted to lower-cost films, allowing them to be satisfied with a more modest return.

American Actor

Ram Nath Kovind

The pace of change and development in our country is rapid and appreciable.

Indian Politician

The term 'appreciable' doesn't mean something is good, just that it's significant enough to notice.

Not Always Positive

'Appreciable' often suggests that a change can be quantified or specifically measured.

Measurable Change

Sometimes 'appreciable' is used when the change isn't huge, but it's important and not negligible.

Appreciable

Not Always Positive

Measurable Change

Subtle Yet Significant

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