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as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you quite sure you have permission to go?
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as in pretty
to some degree or extent
we camped quite near Mount Rushmore
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Recent Examples of quite
Chip seal is quite common out West, where the distances from blacktop mixing plants are too far away from where the material will be used.
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
Given that this was going to be ABC and Warner Bros.’ sophomore season of The Golden Bachelor, Owens—and the franchise spinoff—was never going to puncture the zeitgeist quite like then 71-year-old Gerry Turner did when he was first announced as ABC’s leading man in the summer of 2023.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
The revisions to the May and June numbers were quite large and surprising to many economists.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Biggest question: Can Ben Johnson unlock Swift? Johnson is quite familiar with what Swift does well.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
Given that this was going to be ABC and Warner Bros.’ sophomore season of The Golden Bachelor, Owens—and the franchise spinoff—was never going to puncture the zeitgeist quite like then 71-year-old Gerry Turner did when he was first announced as ABC’s leading man in the summer of 2023.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
The revisions to the May and June numbers were quite large and surprising to many economists.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Biggest question: Can Ben Johnson unlock Swift? Johnson is quite familiar with what Swift does well.
—Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quite
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David Stearns, still pretty much the new guy working for Steve Cohen, did a lot.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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Doubs being offered was intriguing but Dallas is in a pretty good spot behind Lamb and Pickens with the combination of Jalen Tolbert, KaVontae Turpin, Jonathan Mingo and maybe another player who emerges in the preseason.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Heckerling’s inventive, bespoke Valley Girl lingo is totally peerless.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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But Californians shouldn’t get too carried away with the idea that Newsom has totally seen the light on housing issues.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
22 July 2025
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Three relatively unheralded pitchers — Vásquez, Ryan Bergert (sixth round pick in 2021) and Stephen Kolek (Rule 5 pick from Seattle in 2023) — have combined for a 3.79 ERA in 204 1/3 innings.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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And yet, Lerman, now 33, manages to keep a relatively low profile.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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The yard art in Bisbee is rough around the edges and fully part of its landscape-sun-faded, dust-covered, alive with personality.—
Olivia Rose,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
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Macdonald, who doubles as the defensive play caller, has said Woolen is an elite coverage player — when he’s fully focused.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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The curvature could happen because the stress on the fault at the surface is fairly low compared to the stress farther underground.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
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Watching the Dragon Ball franchise in release order is fairly straightforward.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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But how do Love Island producers seem to find a song that perfectly matches a moment on the show?—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Newcastle United had the summer window mapped out perfectly.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Adverb
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Neither of the ladies’ approaches is at all effective and, instead, rather harmful.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
24 July 2025
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Some can serve as bulking agents, absorbing and retaining water all that stuff moving through your gastrointestinal tract so that in the end, or rather out the end your poo can move more readily.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Van Wessel captures how something can be at once utterly horrible, an emotional devastation for which no one is prepared, and also grimly routine.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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After more than two years of civil war, the scale of obliteration was utterly tragic.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
30 July 2025
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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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