pretty much

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Ahead of Saturday’s game, the Bruins stayed in a hotel together and had walk-throughs on the field as well as meetings and pretty much anything else they could do to simulate a game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

“Carney can pretty much ride roughshod now on the second pipeline and do it in two years,” Hampson says.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

It's been absolutely hurtling in freefall - pretty much from Brendan Rodgers onwards.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

And all else is pretty much equal over such a short span: Cold fusion wasn’t perfected, cancer wasn’t cured and the economy didn’t leap into a faster gear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I had pretty much come to the conclusion that Ob had overslept not because he had made a mistake but because deep down he was finished.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant