pretty much

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: mainly, largely

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By definition, tiny houses pretty much always involve working around constraints, but some designers have found clever ways of making a small home feel like a larger one. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 Elijah Brown suffered an interception on the first play from scrimmage, but the Boilermakers were not able to capitalize, which was pretty much the story of the game. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 That pretty much exhausts the points of agreement between the pro- and anti-Proposition 40 camps. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 In mid-August, CNN became the first media outlet to be given access to a Patriot system on Ukrainian territory, and at the time Ukrainian officials revealed the country had pretty much run out of interceptors. — Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pretty much

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