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decent

[dee-suhnt] / ˈdi sənt /




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A decent sum, perhaps, on the surface of it.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Yet “it appears that a decent amount of the AI uncertainty is priced” in, they add.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Many people would probably leave 100% of their assets to their wife and/or second wife, so it’s thoroughly decent of him to remember his sister.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The company has scraped by, he said, because it had a decent cushion before the tariffs were imposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

I prayed she found somewhere decent for us to live.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry