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respectable

[ri-spek-tuh-buhl] / rɪˈspɛk tə bəl /




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Nvidia has bought back $85 billion in shares in the past two years, and this past month it increased its quarterly dividend from one penny to an almost respectable 25 cents.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

There were too many “nice” films: perfectly respectable but not what I want Cannes to be.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

But while he finished a respectable fourth, he needed hospital treatment after fracturing a leg he had previously broken.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

I could never drive the ball that far, but at one time, I sported a respectable 6 handicap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“A good man. Does that mean a respectable well-conducted man of fifty? Or what does it mean?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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