1
as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you quite sure you have permission to go?
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2
as in pretty
to some degree or extent
we camped quite near Mount Rushmore
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Recent Examples of quite
For travelers who love eating and drinking their way through a destination, few American cities deliver quite like this one.
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Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
And, in our experience, those times actually happen quite often.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
And while the filmmaking throughout isn’t always quite so striking, the main character is compelling enough to hold our interest.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Some have taken more time to get back to their previous form, and others have never quite been as good again.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
And, in our experience, those times actually happen quite often.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
And while the filmmaking throughout isn’t always quite so striking, the main character is compelling enough to hold our interest.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Some have taken more time to get back to their previous form, and others have never quite been as good again.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quite
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Throw it on for dinner, layer it over your airport outfit, or belt it over a dress for a completely different silhouette.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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Just to the left of Trouvelot lies another large basin that appears even older and more heavily eroded, with its rim almost completely worn away.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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San Pedro Garza García neighborhood—plus some pretty stellar mountain views.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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This Cavaliers team, built on the fly after Odom was hired in March 2025, has had but four bumps on the road this season, but one was a pretty big bump.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Our whole show is people saying bad things about each other the entire time, but to see someone actually physically do something like that was totally wild and really showed how far that Victoria was willing to go.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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This is admissions time this spring semester, and with these vouchers not being totally available to families until April, that's at the very end of the school year almost.—
Lacey Beasley,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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While this week’s increase was relatively small, financial analysts warn that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could trigger a broader bond sell-off.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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These fibers combine electrical resistivity suitable for Joule heating with exceptional strength and relatively high thermal conductivity.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Several Persian Gulf nations have already reduced or fully shut down oil and natural gas production out of fear of an attack by Iran’s drone or missile arsenal.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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With a total investment of $520 million, the fully operational station is expected to generate 792 million kWh of electricity annually, that is enough to power around 600,000 households.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The show, which first opened in London in 2022, has a fairly devoted following and the developers behind the project (Extell is joined by Bluestone Group on this ABBA Voyage) are anticipating crowds.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
6 Mar. 2026
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The crew member was ultimately taken into the church and locals performed an exorcism – something Robinson says is a fairly normal occurrence in the Philippines.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2026
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The sides and top of the bag are brown leather, which adds just enough contrast to pop against your outfit, and perfectly complements the bag’s gold chain and zipper.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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Prior to Wednesday’s game, Torey seemed to explain the feelings of the moment perfectly.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The back-and-forth between Archie and Katie is exhausting, and the politics of academia, including budget changes and the revolving door of faculty and staff, are rather dull.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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This team has come a very long way in a rather short space of time.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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