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Trading volume for the end-2026 market is nearing $2.5 million, a respectable figure on Polymarket, which hosts thousands of different prediction markets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Despite respectable back-to-back eighth-placed finishes, Hurzeler's time at Brighton has not been without its difficult moments.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Even with respectable ancillary income based on the film’s pedigree, the movie is going to lose a lot of money,” David A. Gross wrote in his FranchiseRe movie industry newsletter shortly after the film’s opening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Compared with about 180,000 tests sold last year, that is respectable growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother’s fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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