pretty much

Idioms  

1. Almost, nearly, approximately, as in Our homework was pretty much finished. This adverbial usage differs from the use of pretty for “considerable” (as in pretty penny). [c. 1800]

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pretty much

“The only way I know that is it doesn’t get like a gazillion views, but I’m in the Daily Mail and Page Six pretty much every two weeks,” she noted.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Job security was all about your skills and experience that would land you a new opportunity, not about your employer. In 2026, it’s pretty much gone.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

It could, in short, do pretty much everything the human mind can do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The other teams are pretty much locked down, although it's still unknown whether Fernando Alonso is going to continue in F1 next year.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

And now here’s Babs saying pretty much the same thing.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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