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In literature, the word "considerable" serves to emphasize a sense of large extent or notable significance across various contexts. It may describe a significant degree of skill or effort, as when a study demands substantial expertise [1] or when an undertaking absorbs attention for a lengthy duration [2]. It also quantifies spatial, temporal, or abstract measures—a gap separating objects [3], an interval before events ensue [4], or an influence that shapes outcomes [5]—while lending weight to ideas, such as the extensive labor involved in academic discussion [6] or the impactful contribution to education [7]. Overall, its usage reinforces the magnitude or importance of a subject, enriching the narrative with both precision and depth [8, 9].
  1. This study requires, no doubt, considerable skill.
    — from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross
  2. I once propounded the following puzzle in a London club, and for a considerable period it absorbed the attention of the members.
    — from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
  3. There was a considerable vacancy between the boat and the ship, and down between this was the sea.
    — from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
  4. A considerable interval elapsed before it again rose.
    — from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
  5. The prince glanced again at Evgenie Pavlovitch with considerable surprise.
    — from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. I had occasion to point this out at considerable length in treating of individualism.
    — from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
  7. Meanwhile opportunity came to Helen to make a considerable contribution to Tommy's education.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  8. Everything was, in short, as it should be on the approach of so considerable an event.
    — from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  9. It appeared to Miss Abbey and her two companions that a considerable time had been thus occupied.
    — from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

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