Examples of pretty much in a Sentence
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Last year, the Team UAE Emirates XRG rider had pretty much sewn up overall victory by the time the race left the Pyrenees, just over halfway through the race.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
The majority of the restaurant is a patio, so dogs are welcome pretty much anywhere.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
For a mid-power or developing nation without those advantages, sentiment can pretty much be the whole game.
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Frank Ahrens,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Underneath the complex-sounding name, the quantum property is pretty much straightforward to understand.
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Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
So basically, in the middle of this drama, everyone has pretty much distanced themselves from him.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
29 June 2026
From the outside, this machine looks pretty much identical to the last MacBook Pro.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
The founding story of Nest is pretty much a perfect tech myth.
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David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 June 2026
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
The majority of the restaurant is a patio, so dogs are welcome pretty much anywhere.
—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
For a mid-power or developing nation without those advantages, sentiment can pretty much be the whole game.
—
Frank Ahrens,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Underneath the complex-sounding name, the quantum property is pretty much straightforward to understand.
—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
So basically, in the middle of this drama, everyone has pretty much distanced themselves from him.
—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
29 June 2026
From the outside, this machine looks pretty much identical to the last MacBook Pro.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
29 June 2026
The founding story of Nest is pretty much a perfect tech myth.
—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 June 2026
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“Pretty much.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretty%20much. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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