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

Stocks tumbled Friday and tech stocks led the declines as investors tried to make sense of a batch of so-so earnings from some major tech stocks earlier in the week.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Hannah starts to join me, but she ends up waving her palm in a so-so sign and shrugs.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina