kind of

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Adverb
  • Jarry was pretty good late in the regular season, after his second stint in the AHL.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • That makes for a pretty crowded receiver room in Green Bay.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • But for those used to the constant looming threat of a major earthquake, the relatively low probability of such a disastrous scenario may be a small comfort: the study says there's a 15% probability of such an earthquake in the next 50 years.
    Joel Shannon, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • The New Right: The issues, the major players, and its future In the end, Rubio’s stylistic contrast with Trump, his relatively straightforward and understated style, may be why the pair complement each other so well, according to University of Central Florida political professor James C. Clark.
    Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
Adverb
  • When asked about it in his pre-match press conference, Silva, quite fairly, dismissed its relevance in strong terms.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • But by the end of the 19th century, the industrial social-economic order that tariffs helped foster were quite different from what earlier protectionists had promised.
    Made by History, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • They had been rather carelessly overfilled and half an inch of gas sloshed on top of the barrels.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
  • The Leafs’ power play never overwhelmed teams with shot volume and scoring chances, but rather worked the puck to high-danger areas, pounced on rebounds and offered a lot of shooting options between Knies and John Tavares at the net and Matthews and William Nylander from the flanks.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adverb
  • And oddly enough, this one seemed more authentic, like this was the real Hitler.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The assumption, of course, was that the conflict would last twelve weeks—just long enough to put the erring states back in their place.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • The SpaceX crew missions contracted under NASA are fairly routine six-month trips to the space station for astronauts to conduct science experiments.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • The Leafs used to do this sort of thing fairly regularly.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Adverb
  • However, the deep seat depth compensates somewhat for the low profile—I’ve spent many a weekend curled up on the couch reading a book with no issue.
    Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Fund flow data suggests European investors drove the selling, while market participants from other international regions remained somewhat positive on U.S. equities.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Kind of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kind%20of. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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