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Recent Examples of quite July's full moon will look quite low in the sky after sunset, Space.com says. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 July 2025 Long live Amazon Prime Day 2025 for offering up our favorite candle brands and scents at quite healthy discounts. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for quite
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Adverb
  • Smart plugs are pretty darn handy to turn almost anything (lamps!
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 9 July 2025
  • Thus, in pretty much every real estate loan of this type, the lender will require that the real estate developer personally guarantee that the lender will be repaid in full on the loan, no matter what happens to ABC LLC and its assets.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adverb
  • Twelve months from now, Romero would only have a year left on his deal, a lucrative free transfer in 2027 would be on the horizon, and the dynamic would be totally different.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • An effort across the U.S., Mexico and Central America that began in the 1950s was so successful this flying menace was totally eradicated north of Panama, except for a few tiny outbreaks.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Adverb
  • The Final Frontier With his new simulation, Williams had proved a positive result about the computational power of space: Algorithms that use relatively little space can solve all problems that require a somewhat larger amount of time.
    Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 13 July 2025
  • The four pairs who are headed to the finale are all relatively new couples, and there are two Casa Amor bombshells, Bryan and Chris.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Adverb
  • Memorable, inventive, and fully deserving of its place on the list, this one’s for the adventurous.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Keep your access fully charged for just $2.50 $1 per month for one year.
    Jorge Garay, Wired News, 14 July 2025
Adverb
  • Another legit reason is to treat fairly severe constipation.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • Summer league typically follows the same plot — watch a lot of young guys play some fairly mediocre basketball, then overreact accordingly.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
Adverb
  • Mountains rise suddenly and everywhere, reflected perfectly in the still fjords and inlets beneath, as if replicating the Game of Thrones intro.
    Phil Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
  • Encouraging the fans in the studio to get on their feet and get into it, the quartet has the crowd clapping along to its mostly a cappella performance of the song that perfectly blends yearning, soulful singing with cowgirl attitude and acoustic twang.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 July 2025
Adverb
  • With a net elevation decrease of just over 1,310 m (about 4,300 ft) throughout the drive, the EV most certainly benefited from regenerative braking, a rather useful feature that turns downhill momentum back into battery power.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 July 2025
  • His views on the current state of cinema are rather depressing.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Adverb
  • Despite being a television fixture for decades with iconic roles on FX’s The Shield and Justified (not to mention recurring as Venus Van Dam on Sons of Anarchy), Goggins utterly exploded this year.
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
  • But over the last week, Mora has started three times for his country, tip-tapping between flailing legs with the ball at his feet, his confidence and dribbling ability utterly defying his years.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 July 2025

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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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