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

“We’ve had three storms pretty much back to back to back,” said Laath Martin, a spokesperson for the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Peter and I were pretty much on the same page, but he’s more of a collector of old stuff than I am. He kept boxes and boxes of old files going way back,” Shelby said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

But Russell's retirement from third place with an engine failure with five laps to go in Malaysia has pretty much eradicated that.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Passenger Miryam Shira Ohayon described the plane as being "pretty much out of control" as the incident unfolded over Jordan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

She laughed at pretty much all of them.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

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