decent
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"Fifty percent of our payments are on card, so we need a decent signal," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The piece received a decent number of readers, and a couple of radio shows reached out to have me on to talk about Trump and his supporters who believe in medbeds.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Which to be fair, is exactly what any decent politician would say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Energy companies can make decent returns on capital with oil at $75, according to Thummel, and this helps explain insider buying.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Rumor had it that she'd been kicked out of every decent school in the city until only we were left.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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