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
Moreover, when we meet him Danny is evidently a decent guy, so why the heel turn?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Tschosik and Mouls said they see a decent chance that “we are more in a late 1990s internet build-out scenario and that overbuilding feels inevitable.”
From MarketWatch • May 28, 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
In class, Mrs. Fisher makes sure we clean up our area and get the room looking decent.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
Vocabulary lists containing decent
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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