respectable
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Compared with about 180,000 tests sold last year, that is respectable growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sullivan’s rise is inevitably compared to that of Freddy Adu, an even-more-hyped American wunderkind who broke into the sport in his early teens and struggled before settling into a respectable if itinerant professional career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The squat one-storey building has recently received a fresh coat of paint and looks respectable from a distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
As he did in Houston, quarterback Trey Lance turned in a respectable performance — this time against the franchise that drafted him third overall in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
I jogged across the gymnasium, and as I got closer to the two of them, I stopped running and hovered at a respectable distance.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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