How to Use pretty much in a Sentence

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• And so all those things happened pretty much at the same time.
  — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
• But pretty much all of his other major starring turns have left me cold.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 3 July 2026
• The founding story of Nest is pretty much a perfect tech myth.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 28 June 2026
• That's pretty much what the textbook model of the free market would predict.
  — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 7 July 2026
• The big knock on Karmanov — as is the case for pretty much any big fella — is his skating.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
• That pretty much sums up where the WNBA finds itself right now.
  — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
• Plus the trailers pretty much gave away the entire plot, which is completely predictable anyway.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026
• The majority of the restaurant is a patio, so dogs are welcome pretty much anywhere.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
• Along the rest of the street, apartments and ski lodges are playing host to pretty much the entire Tour de France peloton.
  — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• The creators included a few additional features in an effort to make use of pretty much every part of the tool.
  — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 2 July 2026
• From tangy tangerine to bold cobalt blues and electric purples, the most vibrant nail polishes for summer go with pretty much anything.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 July 2026
• From the outside, this machine looks pretty much identical to the last MacBook Pro.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
• Zesty stereotypes There are stereotypes about pretty much everything, including spicy food.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
• So basically, in the middle of this drama, everyone has pretty much distanced themselves from him.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 June 2026
• Still, while there’s a lot of offseason left, the Wild have done pretty much nothing this summer other than lose three productive players.
  — Michael Russo, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• For a mid-power or developing nation without those advantages, sentiment can pretty much be the whole game.
  — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• The homefield advantage was a nonfactor, as pretty much everything that could have gone wrong for the Americans did.
  — Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
• Brazil goes home having massively underachieved expectations set pretty much at win or bust for the five-time World Cup champions.
  — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
• But while the intensity ramped up — and stayed high for pretty much the entire game — Paraguay weathered the storm and had every reason to feel good about reaching halftime with the game scoreless.
  — Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
• Underneath the complex-sounding name, the quantum property is pretty much straightforward to understand.
  — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
• Today, Lucas doesn’t really have a relationship with his hometown; that pretty much died when the old Dunes movie theater shut down in 2011.
  — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 8 July 2026
• In 2021, the engines, gearboxes, suspension, ground clearance, and tyres would have seen pretty much any racetrack exercise, let alone a wet one, quickly end in tears and ambulances.
  — New Atlas, 6 July 2026
• Following last evening’s dumping of the Corbinater, the Islanders all agree that everyone is now pretty much closed off, so the question becomes, What does that mean in terms of relationship status?
  — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 7 July 2026
• In an extremely enthusiastic and well-meaning X post (that has since been, obviously, deleted), Aron shared his recollections on pretty much everything.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2026
• Having said that, no less than NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch pretty much revealed the meat and bones of things earlier this week.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 July 2026
• Last year, the Team UAE Emirates XRG rider had pretty much sewn up overall victory by the time the race left the Pyrenees, just over halfway through the race.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• It’s long been argued that California pioneered the concept of indoor-outdoor living in American homes, with its Mediterranean climate allowing residents to be outdoors pretty much year-round.
  — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
• Contributions can come from individuals, employers, governments, philanthropists and charities − pretty much anyone.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 6 July 2026
• The first two days of Q3 and the second half of the year saw the S & P 500 pretty much flat, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq moved in opposite directions.
  — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 3 July 2026
• Shortly after, Tezzus brought Pz’ into the fold of his ØWAY collective, which includes Diamond* and pretty much every other top-seeded prospect for the next generation of Georgia rap.
  — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 3 July 2026