respectable
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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
But while he finished a respectable fourth, he needed hospital treatment after fracturing a leg he had previously broken.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
So far this year, the broader economy has added an average of just under 70,000 jobs a month, per official labor-market data, a respectable rate.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
It blitzes together a very respectable chickpea salad in minutes.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
It was an unmanageable situation, but the Daughters of Charity were relentless in their efforts to make Carville a clean, respectable, and renowned site for the treatment of leprosy.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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