respectable
Example Sentences
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Respectable, if you enjoy waiting half a century for what amounts to a decent used car.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
Wilson Bicycling Assn. and volunteer with the Lowelifes Respectable Citizens’ Club — nonprofits that restore trails.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2025
Respectable charities put some degree of separation, however cosmetic, between wealthy donors and good work.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022
Respectable scientists like Stephen Hawking have argued that such a singularity will, in fact, mark the "end of the human race."
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2021
Respectable people do not become painters: only overblown, pretentious, theatrical people.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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