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
This collection of books was sold to a French bibliophile for the tidy sum of forty thousand pounds, and is now in the Louvre.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert
