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respectably



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nobly
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Smith had been respectably good on a young White Sox roster that has been anything but.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

The NCU has transformed into a self-aware entity, more interested in tying its films together through loose connections than actually making a decent — i.e. respectably bad — movie.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024

The consolation for Hamilton, 0.144secs behind him, was that the seven-time champion was at least respectably close to his team-mate after struggling for much of the weekend.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024

It did respectably in its theatrical release, buoyed by a younger demographic in love with Jacob Elordi, a star of “Euphoria.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

At a respectably subordinate distance behind Joseph came the women of Galilee, mixed in with a motley, perhaps gate-crashing crowd of mourners, spectators, children, and no less than three frisky, impious mongrels.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger


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