decent
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“Almost all valuation indicators with decent track records suggest that the stock market is not just overvalued — it’s extremely overvalued,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Seriously though, I wish him well and I genuinely hope for East Anglia that Ipswich can make a decent fist of it and stay up.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Recent data could point to a 6.6% fall in intermediate-goods production—a decent proxy for sensitivity to low water levels—pushing down industrial production by 2.5% over six months, all else being equal, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
That seems like a decent rationale for invoking the corporate death penalty.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Within a few minutes, we’ve gotten a decent lay of the land.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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