quite something

noun

: a major event

It was quite something for a small-town boy to be interviewed for the national news.

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But the segment from the Fox studio approximately a week into the tournament, as Lowe explained that Lalas was covering the USA-Australia game in Seattle, was quite something. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 Pep Guardiola said cheerio to Manchester City (his farewell video message on Friday was quite something), as did Bernardo Silva and John Stones. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Friedrich Merz in Germany is more unpopular than Starmer, which is quite something. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 Ryan, who also serves as executive producer, writer, and showrunner, laughed when asked in a separate interview about his first pass on Basso; the beard was quite something. — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quite something

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