decent-sized
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Author Kent Smetters called it a “silver bullet” for low-income workers “to have a decent-sized nest egg without actually having to save more than what they already do.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
The house’s footprint doesn’t take up the absolute maximum space—there’s still a decent-sized backyard—and that’s by design, DeHart said.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025
“There’s now a decent-sized literature on how far you can go in planting memories,” Loftus said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024
"Even the aftershocks were as large in magnitude as a decent-sized earthquake," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2023
He had a contradictory physical presence, taking up space, a decent-sized kid, but hollowed out.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
