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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

The F.D.I.C. insures deposits up to $250,000 — a tidy sum for individuals but just a sliver of the balances that companies can hold.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

So well was this performance received in Berks that the boys were induced to repeat it in Chester, whereby they added a very tidy sum to their fund.

From Harper's Round Table, October 1, 1895 by Various




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