quite a bit

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Recent Examples of quite a bit However, working against the backup units, Kilgore has found himself around the ball quite a bit, even picking off an inaccurate pass from Shane Buechele on Saturday. Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Chapel Hill is quite a bit more expensive with an average value of around $642,000. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 The number of Southern European fires and amount of land burned had decreased quite a bit from the 1980s to 2018, mostly because of better fire suppression and management techniques, Cordero said. ABC News, 30 July 2026 There’s natural ignitions like from lightning, but historically there was also quite a bit of fire that was started through cultural burning practices by the Ojibwe. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for quite a bit

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“Quite a bit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite%20a%20bit. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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