decent
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We may have been cranky, but we were also decent people .
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Herzl found Rothschild paternalistic and overly timid, “a decent, good-natured, faint-hearted man, who utterly fails to understand the matter,” as he wrote in his diary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Her stats are decent, but her attitude stinks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Dangerous talk, of course, but they're in decent fettle one week out from the biggest game of their international lives.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
If we give chronology the decent respect it is due, it is clear that Madison's thinking began to change before Jefferson returned to the scene.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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