decent
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As Paul Waldman wrote Thursday in The Cross Section, in a halfway decent political system Simmons should be “settling into a comfortable retirement.”
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Dye said Miller was a "hard-working, decent man", who had found himself involved in a "freak accident" which had taken a mental and physical toll on the defendant.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Even in years with decent snow, streamflow has come up short.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
That’s decent, for a company whose first product revenue isn’t expected until 2030.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
And yet we called decent behavior humane, and acted as though animals were the brutes!
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing decent
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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