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not very well

ADVERB
indifferently
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ETFs can “have a lot of junk — and by junk I mean cyber companies that are actually not very well competitively positioned, but they are pure plays,” Khan said.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

As he returned to the airwaves on Monday, Greg told listeners his dad was "not very well at the moment" but he is "still with us".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“The cleaning is often not very well done, so it’s better to do it yourself, especially the toilets,” said Botton, who was incarcerated between 2020 and 2022 in Paris-La Santé.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

“This was a situation where this was a toxin that was not very well publicized,” Misek told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

There was no motion or emotion in them—illustrations in the pages of a book, and not very well drawn.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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