pretty much

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Rick: The hotel pretty much just got the porcupine and left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The title of the Chilean protest song pretty much speaks for itself of our divisively troubled age.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“The market is absolutely locked in on the Iran conflict, pretty much solely at this point,” said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide, in a phone interview.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Lance Stroll - 5 - A second consecutive year qualifying last for the Japanese Grand Prix and pretty much glued to the back of the pack until Aston Martin retired the car.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

What’s strange and complicated about it, however, is that pretty much all the important people on both sides of the gamble left the table rich.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis