pretty much

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"Rents are down, there's a lot of empty spaces, so landlords are willing to pretty much take just about anybody," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

But no candidate ever had much more than a paltry 20% support; for all the heavy breathing, the race was always pretty much a multi-candidate tie.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“I was fundamentally distrustful of pretty much everyone who was reaching out,” said Parsons, who assumed that Hollywood producers didn’t understand the subcultural fascination with ominous “liminal spaces.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"There's not much the authorities can do, after all... These days, safety's pretty much gone."

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

That’s pretty much all he’s said to me.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas