How to Use quasi in a Sentence

quasi

adjective
  • What to know about 'quasi-moon' Not quite.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Some of those can be quasi-invasive if they’re not kept in check.
    — Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The quasi legals were on the first floor above them, Bangladeshis cooking the food.
    — Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The question is, what does quasi-am basketball do, in the long term?
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Some of the states suing are home to quasi-state agencies that service these types of loans.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The two men are quasi neighbors; both have homes in the Miami area.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
  • And like any good quasi-prosperity gospel, a sweeper has to get her mind right.
    — Katherine Lucky, The New Republic, 14 May 2021
  • Well, that may provide a clue as to how old the quasi-vampiric Gladys is.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • All this yada yada—the whole megillah of loudmouth quasi-lies—just keep on streaming.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Dancers are strewn about the stage on their backs, bent legs pointed skyward in a quasi-rigor mortis.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Spencer Jones functioned as a quasi-backup center.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • That might happen to some other town’s two quasi-am basketball teams in the future.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • After a while, a sense of quasi-normalcy returned to the jittery flight.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
  • Cunningham planned to make his first quasi-public appearance at an event since the news emerged.
    — Gary D. Robertson, Star Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Hence the quasi-reboot for the story, which is self-contained from the previous games.
    — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The gang operates like a quasi-normal business, believe it or not.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 10 May 2021
  • Then a quasi-Hail Mary to midfield that Tate almost grabbed — but didn’t.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2017
  • There was an ethnic, quasi-Balkan vibe to some of the soft geometric shapes in square shirt pockets.
    — Thomas Adamson, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The narrative is a quasi-mystery set in sunny climes that belie many a dark secret.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Most are run like quasi-military academies.
    — Steve Kastenbaum, NPR, 9 May 2026
  • In early 1961, the quasi-identical dolls went to court.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Safdie asked him to include intricate, quasi-Baroque arpeggios.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Despite the quasi-remote nature of in-person learning, they are forced to forge those links quickly.
    — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The quasi-championship, aired in prime time on ABC, was a circus.
    — Christopher Bonanos, The Cut, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Unable to take the field with her teammates, Bre Moloney adopted a quasi-coaching role.
    — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The house is a quasi-performance space for the Jubilee Singers and a place of refuge for students.
    — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2021
  • These square containers are large enough for most items, and the containers themselves can be stacked into quasi shelves.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, there’s been a quasi-clandestine accord about expanding oil drilling in the Gulf.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The ear then picks up on the rhythms of quasi-choral soughing, which seems to emanate from the soil and trees themselves like a phantom voice from the icy breeze.
    — Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2017
  • The artwork, by Kit Seaton, is in the quasi-manga style so popular today.
    — cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020

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