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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The Hunting Wives begins with a pretty basic soap opera premise: Sophie O’Neil (Brittany Snow) has just moved from Boston—sorry, Cambridge, where the show keeps reminding us Harvard is—to small-town Texas for her husband Graham’s (Evan Jonigkeit) new job.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
21 July 2025 -
Even the title phrase, which Francis immediately fell for, falls pretty squarely in line with classic country wordplay and lyrical imagery.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
21 July 2025
Adverb
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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 east swelters while Phoenix gets a reprieve While Phoenix has enjoyed relatively tame temperatures for much of July, large swaths of the country are scorching.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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What’s more, quite unlike the audience for other performers in their 70s who’ve passed through recently, the crowd skewed young; the median age might’ve been half his age.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 July 2025
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The distinction between a studio apartment and a one-bedroom apartment is quite simple, but understanding why the former can be a better option than the latter is slightly more complicated.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
21 July 2025
Adverb
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Meanwhile, Waymo has become significant enough that Alphabet added a category to its Other Bets revenue description in its latest quarterly filing.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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The front of the comforter and shams are each made from 60% cotton and 40% polyester, and the comforter is filled with 100% polyester that’s cool enough for summers and warm enough for winter.—
Carly Totten,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 July 2025
Adverb
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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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Neither of the ladies’ approaches is at all effective and, instead, rather harmful.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
24 July 2025
Adverb
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Breaking this down further, there are, on average, 14 different file types, 22 file classifications and, somewhat incredibly and worryingly in equal measure, 482 organizations impacted as a result.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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But a bill that would clip the wings of the Lottery Commission, at least somewhat, is advancing, and fast.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Adverb
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The vineyards in the region are fairly homogenous and the vines healthy, thanks to mild weather conditions.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 July 2025
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All looked fairly predictable, and then the second Trump administration changed policies significantly.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Sort of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sort%20of. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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