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At night, pretty much everyone gathers around the fire pits and hangs out.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 July 2026 While hearts and lungs must be transplanted within hours of the donor’s death, marrow doesn’t, and Caldwell believed this would allow patients with life-threatening blood cancers to receive treatments pretty much on demand.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2026 The familiar faces are pretty much all there — minus the men’s players, that is.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
28 July 2026 While the Big Data + Panel tide raised pretty much every boat in the sports-TV waters, the year-to-year boosts notched by the likes of the NBA, NFL and NHL were likely a one-time phenomenon.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pretty much