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
When Tina Khorram shelled out almost $4,000 for a pure-bred, toy-sized Maltese, she figured her tidy sum would rule out any possibility of an ailing dog.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
It's not the first banana-as-art that sold for a tidy sum.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024
The man who could produce 200 pounds of the plant, after all freight charges had been met, could clear some �30 or �35, a very tidy sum indeed for those days.
From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
