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There will be no winter break in this campaign either - meaning clubs will be playing pretty much solidly until the first World Cup qualifiers - and next Nations League games - take place in March.

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“If you get hurt and you can never play hockey again, being able to have a Harvard degree is something that I think is pretty attractive.”

“Maybe it doesn’t look pretty on the stat sheet, but it’s serving a greater purpose,” Roman said.

The rejection was “a pretty poignant sign of the times in a state like California,” said John Kabateck, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, which had urged voters to vote no.

“That was deliberate. So, the environment is constantly evolving and changing, and it’s not just for the sense of looking pretty. It’s there to kind of help us understand these characters.”

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What are other ways to say pretty?

Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. 

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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