respectable
Example Sentences
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“Barnum helped to make theater and entertainment respectable on a mass level,” Wilson says.
Data published Thursday by the Commerce Department indicated respectable spending growth in October and November, gains that many economists think fed into a solid economic expansion over the final three months of 2025.
Investment in digital infrastructure to support artificial intelligence was partly responsible, as was respectable consumer-spending growth, boosted by greater outlays for healthcare.
A local prefect once told me of his distaste at the thought that Orsoni could be profiting from his new stage to show a more respectable side.
From BBC
Keeping track of Good and Evil was exhausting, especially when Evil looked like such a respectable person.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
