pretty much

Example Sentences

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She has wanted to take a crack at adapting the tales pretty much ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026

Eight feet long and weighing in just over 1,000 pounds, it looks pretty much exactly how you’d expect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

The prevailing view of pretty much everyone is that AI money is the driver of the red-hot San Francisco property market.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

"There were thunderstorms before, and pretty much during and after the fireworks, and we missed the worst of it," Russell Dickerson, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Maryland, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jul. 6, 2026

The privy—the presidential outhouse—was outdoors, pretty much in full view of the public.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis