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respectable

[ri-spek-tuh-buhl] / rɪˈspɛk tə bəl /




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After its earlier respectable performance flagged in the past three years, more investors had been asking to cash out than the fund’s previous structure could accommodate.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both had respectable records on paper but little standing inside the sport, and neither has boxed since.

From BBC

While it may not have the decade-long reputation of some competitors, it delivers where it counts: strong privacy protections, reliable streaming access, respectable speeds and genuinely useful features at a price that’s hard to beat.

From Salon

Though more respectable than factory work, pay remained low and advancement rare.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would have to be someone quick and close-lipped, for once rumors of those foul-smelling, inedible loaves spread, no respectable baker would dare come to Ashton Place for fear of the dreaded “bakehouse curse.”

From Literature