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

That's a remarkable step - pretty much unheard of in terms of mid-season upgrades.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Stern: Ordinary people standing up for what they know the Constitution guarantees: That turns out to be the origin story of pretty much every major civil rights movement in America.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Seattleites, however, can attest that Burning Man’s ruin began long ago, pretty much since Microsofties and Amazonians invaded it in the early aughts.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Not long ago, the artificial intelligence boom lifted pretty much any stock with a story to tell about serving electricity to data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Those companies that did make MDR drugs could pretty much name their own price.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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