quite something
noun
: a major event
It was quite something for a small-town boy to be interviewed for the national news.
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That would be quite something, but most independent economists expect more headwinds from tariffs than tailwinds from tax cuts and deregulation.
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Christopher Smart, Time, 10 Aug. 2025
July has been quite something, even by Barcelona’s standards.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Super Bowl Tickets Are Not Cheap This isn't the first time this has happened, although the scale this year is quite something.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
And so explicitly fighting musk will be quite something.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 6 June 2025
On cue then, and with quite something to prove given his long and glaring absence, Baffert is back in fighting form with the leading colt in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, Cornucopian.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Smart, Time, 10 Aug. 2025
July has been quite something, even by Barcelona’s standards.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Super Bowl Tickets Are Not Cheap This isn't the first time this has happened, although the scale this year is quite something.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2025
And so explicitly fighting musk will be quite something.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 6 June 2025
On cue then, and with quite something to prove given his long and glaring absence, Baffert is back in fighting form with the leading colt in the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, Cornucopian.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Quite something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quite%20something. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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