kind of

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kind of
Adverb
  • Yellow and purple is a pretty bold choice of contrasting colours.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • Like pretty much anyone who caught the epic Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz final at Roland Garros earlier this month, McEnroe seems to believe that tennis has found a rivalry to succeed the epochal tripartite struggle between Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 June 2025
Adverb
  • In a linear pathway, the progression of AI toward AGI is relatively equal each year and consists of a gradual incremental climb from conventional AI to AGI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • But at a price point just north of $500, that’s a relatively small gripe for an otherwise sound piece of equipment.
    Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • The prospect of trying to cut open a stubborn 5-4-1 block in the Orlando heat could have become torturous quite quickly.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • The craft beer landscape was quite different when the Maltose Falcons formed their homebrewing club in California 51 years ago.
    Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Adverb
  • In a document prepared before the meeting, city staff proposed that the naming request be honored for at least a decade, but Johnson told the council this seemed like a rather short period.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • They weren’t built by the government, but rather by those evil greedy private corporations and individuals who are guilty of the heinous crime of providing millions of Americans with places to live.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 June 2025
Adverb
  • This presents a significant opportunity for brands that are agile enough to listen and respond quickly.
    Dr. Bin Tang, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • A lot of times, young big guys don’t play quite hard enough.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Adverb
  • The future of collaboration is not man versus machine, but man with machine—in an open, visible process where every contributor can see, learn from, and be fairly assessed for their effort.
    David Ferrucci, Fortune, 30 June 2025
  • The Bulls will want to negotiate this number down — which is more easily accomplished by compromising on a longer contract — but their commitment to the guard has been fairly clear in the build-up to these negotiations.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
Adverb
  • The only country that has moved somewhat away from China and toward the United States in the past 30 years is Vietnam, although not by much (from 41 to 45).
    Yuen Foong Khong, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • They were marred by injuries throughout the season, having entered the season with somewhat high expectations.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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“Kind of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kind%20of. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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