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Partly, that is because management has done some decently good things—not as good as they say they have, but objectively, they have done some decently good things.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Like the Sirkian melodramas of yesteryear, we go see movies like “Reminders of Him” because they’re highly entertaining — and, more often than not, decently made.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

He most recently delivered decently on a two-year, $12-million deal with the Astros and could land a similar contract because of the scarcity of backstops.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

"All the skulls that are decently complete have a spike in that spot," he says.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

And he thought then, as he always thought afterward too, that he could not decently have done anything else.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis