as in pretty
to some degree or extent
you've been acting sort of funny all week
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Adverb
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So after a lot of late-night meetings and pretty loud pushes from Republican members of the SALT Caucus, the bill in the end included an increase on the SALT cap to $40,000.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025 -
Nobody really changes, nobody really learns anything and at the start of every episode the characters pretty much exactly the same.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
Adverb
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But that was a relatively modest 5,000 tickets a night.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
7 June 2025
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Goldman Sachs estimates federal employment declined by a relatively modest 10,000 in May, adding to the 26,000 government workers that Capital Economics says already have been chopped since February.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
Adverb
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Quartz’s Catherine Baab has more on the art of not quite dealing.—
Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
3 June 2025
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Though the two shows are quite distinct, Wilford, who is curating her final show for MoCA after moving to the Memphis Art Museum in January, hopes viewers will be able to envelop themselves in each.—
DOUGLAS MARKOWITZ,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
Adverb
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While most of Mario Kart World looks nice enough, the new Rainbow Road is genuinely astonishing to behold (shown below).—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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While the 787-8 is small enough to land at an airport with Category 8 RFFS requirements, the 787-9 needs a Category 9 RFFS airport, the Boeing document shows.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
Adverb
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Adam wasn't killed by Ethan or Gentry goons, but rather Nicky.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
6 June 2025
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Ten years later, Jamie Wyeth remains not only my favorite artist but a rather unexpected style muse for his unapologetically unique dress sense.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
Adverb
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But despite these clear advantages, Cardoso’s rookie season was somewhat muted.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
31 May 2025
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The Meta documents suggest its users in the European Union could be somewhat insulated from these changes.—
Shannon Bond,
NPR,
31 May 2025
Adverb
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Of course, given the ubiquity of such ambitious politicians of all flavors, everywhere, all the time, the charge of cynical opportunism has fairly short legs.—
Dain Fitzgerald,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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This person is going to be blown literally in half, but the legs, the feet, the shoes might stay fairly comfortably in place.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
6 June 2025
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