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They could not quite make the biggest leap of all, but they were firmly ensconced in the upper echelons.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
That is because countries across the globe are readying to shore up oil stockpiles like never before, which should keep the market tight for quite a while.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
“We think people want to be involved in what’s, quite frankly, shaping up as a new world driven by artificial intelligence.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Because sometimes when you just do little pieces of things you’re like, “I can’t quite get the arc of this, and I don’t really know.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Once he came back with a fishing rod, and after that we quite often had grilled fish for our breakfast.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing quite
Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 5
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