pretty much
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The George Steinbrenner Yankees pretty much invented it—the bully club from the bully town.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
With its artificial-intelligence cachet, it is very likely that Nvidia will succeed, potentially upending an order in the PC world that has prevailed for pretty much the past five decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“We would like to operate everything at the exit, the hotels, the casinos, the truck stop, the stores, pretty much from farm to table,” Roach told the Review-Journal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
"There's not much the authorities can do, after all... These days, safety's pretty much gone."
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
By now the whole thing pretty much took care of itself.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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