so-so

Example Sentences

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Consumer spending, meanwhile, was just so-so in January.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Seattle needs some stepped-up production from running back Kenneth Walker III, who was so-so in the championship game.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

The product of an upper-middle-class family and a so-so college, nose perennially pressed to the window—and to the grindstone—she is a workhorse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Both stocks racked up double-digit losses last week as so-so earnings reports failed to ease investors’ concerns that the AI boom could be about to run out of road.

From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025

“My brother was just so-so in school. I don’t even think my mom knew about St. Francis, but even if she did, he probably wouldn’t have gotten in,” she tells me.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson