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respectable

[ri-spek-tuh-buhl] / rɪˈspɛk tə bəl /




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On Sunday evening, a respectable crowd showed up in the Mojave Tent to pay their respects to the Godfather of Punk, who first played Coachella in a reunion with the Stooges in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The move is risky, and it will be quarrelsome — especially for those who still see Zendaya as an idyllic Disney star, despite her respectable penchant for complicated characters.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

"My father was a hard-working man doing a respectable job," Hoque said.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

But after a respectable start, the wheels fell off and Frank was replaced by Tudor last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

This suggests that it took a while for Boyle to think of the word ‘fact’ as a respectable term to be used in natural philosophy when engaging with scholastics and Cartesians.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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