respectable
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Fragrance and stench became shorthand for clean and unclean, respectable and disreputable, “us” and “them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
I’ve had the pleasure of observing polite behavior and respectable Americans, young and old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Trading volume for the end-2026 market is nearing $2.5 million, a respectable figure on Polymarket, which hosts thousands of different prediction markets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The overall US economy is growing at a respectable clip by the country's recent historic standards.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
In the wild, most chickens and cattle died long before that, but they still had a fair chance of living for a respectable number of years.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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