as in pretty
to some degree or extent
those sheets are kind of new, so use something else to cover the floor while painting
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Adverb
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Overall, tinting laws can be pretty complicated.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025 -
After the first few weeks of leaning into a capsule wardrobe, my outfits were feeling pretty stale.—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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There are no crevasses or technical features on its standard route, just a relatively simple rock scramble beneath the summit block.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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Audiences are relatively cold too, polling a B- grade from Cinema Score.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The real story of 1066 is quite interesting on its own terms, but King and Conqueror insists on adding a heavy dose of interpersonal drama.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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There is nothing quite like the thrill of spotting a dorsal fin slicing through open water or watching a pod leap through the surf beside your boat.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The legislative push was not prompted by controversy in Connecticut, but rather a desire for consistency and perceived public health benefits.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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A little farther back, in 2023, a fascinating paper came out asserting that perhaps Hawking radiation isn’t just for black holes, but rather should apply to any massive object that led to spacetime curvature.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Richardson finished third in the semi-final; however, her time was fast enough to award her a non-automatic qualifying spot in the final, similar to what happened with her in Budapest.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In fact, water levels at Lake Powell, one of the main water storage reservoirs for the Colorado River Basin, could fall low enough to stop hydropower generation at the reservoir by December 2026, according to the NOAA report.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Texas State is 2‑1, putting up over 450 yards per game on offense, split fairly evenly between the rushing and passing attack, and scoring near 37 points per game.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Pushing them up Ojos, and then riding down, was an absurd bit of alpine theatre that put Diamox and our other fairly common concession to time and terrain—driving to seventeen thousand feet—mostly out of my mind.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That makes the title somewhat murky and tenuous.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Obviously this wasn’t the best call, regardless of the somewhat ambiguous state of Belly and Jeremiah’s relationship at the time.—
Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Kind of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kind%20of. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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