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

She’s living on the Lower East Side in New York, but we talk to her pretty much every day, and that’s a nice time to touch base with her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

A driver would get a shot, and if they did not deliver pretty much immediately, they were dropped.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Men can contribute to babies well into their 80s—yes, sperm quality declines but not that much—while the ability to get pregnant is pretty much capped at age 45.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

“These days our terrorist and state threats operational missions are pretty much of equal scale: that in itself is a huge shift across recent years,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“You’ll be with us for...however long you need to be. Is that okay? Candace will be back soon. She knows more than I do. About pretty much everything.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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