decent
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“Make a decent living, buy a house, have a great education for your kids, and retire,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
The majority of valuation models with any decent track record suggest the stock market is more overvalued than at any other time in U.S. history.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
At around $5.2 trillion, Nvidia is still the world’s most valuable company by a decent margin.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
What looked like it would be a decent end to the week for crypto stocks turned sour Friday.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
“Nothing wrong with being out of ideas, you know. Your project Can Black Holes Really Freeze Time? was a decent attempt”—Tamika shrugged—“but we can’t all win first place.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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