not inconsiderable
idiom
formal
: large enough in size or amount to be considered important
a woman of great beauty and not inconsiderable wealth
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For those willing to invest time, effort and not inconsiderable amounts of money, the rewards can be life-changing, according to one lucky recipient.
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Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
Those dissolves often seem to gloss over a not inconsiderable measure of intense suffering: backbreaking manual labor, beatings, possible torture.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
The club had an opportunity to build from a position of strength, but instead made poor coaching appointments — twice — and spent not inconsiderable amounts of money, poorly, in the transfer market.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Meiselas conceded, without giving specifics, that Combs’ legal fees for the two-year process of reassigning those rights were not inconsiderable.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
Given that Apple sells Lightning cables for between $19 and $29, depending on length, that’s a not inconsiderable investment that will suddenly become worthless.
—Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
The book arrives, and Ben starts to follow the steps, hauling all of his furniture out onto a pile in the front yard in one big purge, shaving off his (not inconsiderable) body hair and sleeping on the roof.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2023
Some vinylphiles collect cartridges, at often not inconsiderable expense, as moving coils range in cost from a few hundred dollars to nearly $20,000.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
That such a singular and delicate thing has survived, even thrived, in the roiling seas of television is a seemingly small but not inconsiderable mercy.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2021
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Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
Those dissolves often seem to gloss over a not inconsiderable measure of intense suffering: backbreaking manual labor, beatings, possible torture.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
The club had an opportunity to build from a position of strength, but instead made poor coaching appointments — twice — and spent not inconsiderable amounts of money, poorly, in the transfer market.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Meiselas conceded, without giving specifics, that Combs’ legal fees for the two-year process of reassigning those rights were not inconsiderable.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
Given that Apple sells Lightning cables for between $19 and $29, depending on length, that’s a not inconsiderable investment that will suddenly become worthless.
—Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
The book arrives, and Ben starts to follow the steps, hauling all of his furniture out onto a pile in the front yard in one big purge, shaving off his (not inconsiderable) body hair and sleeping on the roof.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2023
Some vinylphiles collect cartridges, at often not inconsiderable expense, as moving coils range in cost from a few hundred dollars to nearly $20,000.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2022
That such a singular and delicate thing has survived, even thrived, in the roiling seas of television is a seemingly small but not inconsiderable mercy.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2021
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