How to Use quasi in a Sentence

quasi

adjective

• Some of the states suing are home to quasi-state agencies that service these types of loans.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• Some of those can be quasi-invasive if they’re not kept in check.
  — Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
• The quasi-private Wagner Group is the force that Putin sends into the meat grinder of the toughest battles.
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• Unable to take the field with her teammates, Bre Moloney adopted a quasi-coaching role.
  — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• Even 2020’s quasi-heist movie Soul punctures holes in the idea that creative passion makes life worth living.
  — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2022
• There could still be a quasi-compromise: a dose that includes two spike variations, maybe more, in the same shot.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 May 2022
• What’s not so clear is why the Times, the quasi-official paper of the Democratic Party, would even report on this study.
  — John R. MacArthur, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
• The narrative is a quasi-mystery set in sunny climes that belie many a dark secret.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2021
• What's set Moon Knight apart has been the fact that it's been the quasi-origin story of a new—and reasonably complex—new character.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2022
• On the other, his father was nothing if not larger than life: the Pope to a quasi-literal degree.
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• The Mayor’s Fund has long been dogged by questions about its quasi-official status.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• Get a bite to eat at the Cliffhanger Café, naturally located near the cliff, or opt to order your food to-go and set up a quasi-picnic on the grassy knoll.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• The piece switches from quasi-reality to theatrical on a dime.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 27 Jan. 2022
• What if Romeo and Juliet had lived, grown up into quasi-functional adults, and become each other’s one who got away?
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2021
• The Fed branches are currently exempt to these requests due to their quasi-private structure.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2022
• So in some ways, the number involves a quasi-fraternal level of commitment.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• But Tár isn’t quite in that camp-classic mode, thanks to Field’s quasi-sociological bent.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 9 Nov. 2022
• The quasi-home-and-home was the result of a friendship established in one of the more unique settings of recent college basketball history.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 16 June 2022
• The former All-SEC performer has served as a quasi-assistant coach and inspiration to his teammates the past two seasons.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• In a quasi-Oedipal twist, it is revealed that, thirty years ago, Draemond was a student in Barbara’s very first kindergarten class at Abbott.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• The project was financed by the sale of bonds by the Connecticut Airport Authority, the quasi-public agency that operates Bradley.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2022
• This gives belief a quasi-legal status: one is liable for one’s capacity to trust.
  — Hannah Zeavin, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
• If the problems are not fixed, the case can be referred to the Buildings Standards Board, a quasi-judicial panel that hears code violations and appeals.
  — Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2021
• McCoy converted the garage of his Eastern Shore home into a quasi-greenhouse, with potted plants arranged on tables and grow lights on timers above them.
  — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• BrüMate's Liquor Canteen earns its name from the quasi-military design, with the shape of the grippy silicone sleeve evoking the gas can often seen attached to army jeeps.
  — Michael Calore, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
• Where does his sense of purpose and of quasi-military organization come from?
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022
• Ivey booked Cudworth for four one-on-one sessions over a month to work on how to approach social settings that were also quasi-professional.
  — Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• The imminent loss of quasi-immortality sends Puss into a funk.
  — Kristen Page-Kirby, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
• Takahashi, considered a quasi-civil servant in his role during the Games, began serving on the committee in June 2014.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022
• The 911 comes in coupe, cabriolet (read: convertible), or quasi-convertible Targa body styles.
  — Car and Driver, 4 Feb. 2022

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