fairly good

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Mr. Ansari—the son of an Iranian ambassador and a distant cousin of Farah Pahlavi, the shah’s widow—was sent off to boarding school in the U.K. in June 1978, “which was fairly good timing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

When viewed as a percentage of disposable personal income, this is a fairly good recession indicator, Mike Reid, head of U.S. economics at RBC Capital Markets tells Barron’s.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

I have a retirement fund through work, which is in fairly good shape, but had to reduce contributions this past year because of increasing costs.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

But the show’s practice of repeating sketches and characters means one can get a fairly good idea of what it’s up to just dropping by.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

The horses were fairly good, but Howard had his sights on better things.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand