serviceable
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The violin in Baerwald’s hands was the one his German-Jewish grandfather played as a Japanese prisoner of war in the Bandō camp at Tokushima during World War I. “It’s a very serviceable violin,” Baerwald notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
He has said that Trump has admiringly called him a "tough cookie" in private conversations, punctuating the point with a serviceable impersonation of the president.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Coherent, meanwhile, said its own serviceable addressable market could stand at more than $70 billion by the end of the decade.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
This first installment of Murphy’s latest anthology franchise is a serviceable romance in a time when such stories rarely receive even modest studio budgets, let alone wide theatrical release.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
It was ugly but serviceable, and I leaned it up against the side of the greystone arch.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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