decent
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One whose deployment can be paused until we we have a decent level of certainty it won’t cause harm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mercedes have chosen this race because they hope the long straights will give him a decent chance of recovering a strong result.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
As you can see from the accompanying chart, the S&P 500 on average sat on a decent gain three months after them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I think the main thing these guys want is just to be off that ship, and have a decent meal and not have somebody be in charge of them for a few days,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
He was just a decent lizard who was Zeke’s dad and now he was gone and Zeke wished more than anything that he wasn’t.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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