tidy sum

Example Sentences

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That’s a tidy sum for you and your wife to enjoy, especially given your investment income.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

It’s a tidy sum that implies it took Musk less than seven seconds to earn what the average U.S. household makes in a year.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

It's not the first banana-as-art that sold for a tidy sum.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

Despite the market tumult since the bank’s collapse, those investments could collect a tidy sum, if the F.D.I.C. can find buyers, and defray the cost of paying out depositors.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023

It was a tidy sum to retain on deposit, and the bank officials had heartlessly refused to pay any of it out to Mrs. Quinbey.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan