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quite a bit

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  1. Also, quite a few; quite a lot. A considerable or moderate amount, as in There's still quite a bit of snow on the ground, or Quite a few parking spaces are open. [Second half of 1800s]

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However, he added, “if it happens in a way which is modified quite a bit, it would be less. And we don’t know the number yet, but it would be very dramatic if it was just a cap.”

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“I think inflation has come down quite a bit.”

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You’ll probably want your next house to be larger and finished, meaning your down payment will be quite a bit higher than the one you made on your current home.

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“We have quite a bit of work to do, and meaningful improvement will take some time,” he told investors about several struggling brands.

From The Wall Street Journal

This year, they’ve been doing quite a bit of tax-loss harvesting because they have a lot of gains from the U.S. market.

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