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as in completely
to a full extent or degree
are you quite sure you have permission to go?
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as in pretty
to some degree or extent
we camped quite near Mount Rushmore
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Recent Examples of quite
That hasn’t quite happened yet, but brands like Jameson and Bushmills continue to do big business around the world, and the number of distilleries in the country exploded from just four to more than 40 in a little over a decade.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
Image This is a lot to ask of a literary plot, but the story is quite hardy: It’s been around for over 200 years.
—Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
And sometimes, sometimes, this can be quite useful.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
While this one won't be quite as many expect, there is still a lot being added and changed in the next few days.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
Image This is a lot to ask of a literary plot, but the story is quite hardy: It’s been around for over 200 years.
—Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
And sometimes, sometimes, this can be quite useful.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
While this one won't be quite as many expect, there is still a lot being added and changed in the next few days.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The new CPUs, GPUs, and laptops announced at CES this week set the tone for Windows computers in the year to come — and so far, 2025 is looking pretty promising.—
Antonio G. Di Benedetto,
The Verge,
10 Jan. 2025
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Search is the prize, as should have been pretty clear when Apple went to court to help Google defend its default search spot on a billion iPhones.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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This couldn’t have been a film if it was totally controlled by a brand.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Jan. 2025
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And then the European games were a totally different experience again.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Given their relatively large populations and rapid rates of growth, enactment of universal ESAs in Texas and Tennessee would result in a significant boost to the number of U.S. households that have school choice.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Enthusiasm for tax cuts was relatively restrained even among Republicans: 46% put a higher priority on cutting taxes, and 38% on curbing the deficit.—
Susan Page,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Since electrical transmission lines have been the cause of many of our recent fires, why doesn’t the state of California provide the funds to put the transmission lines underground and then charge the electrical utility companies 10% of their profits until the cost is fully repaid?—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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These Thunder, with Gilgeous-Alexander fully on board and getting better all the time, are in prime position to make some serious noise in the next few years.—
Sam Amick,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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In general, the editorial apparatus is fairly minimal.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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View conflicts as growth opportunities, mediate fairly and focus on solutions.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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This wine—the crisp Pinot Bianco, the textured Chardonnay, the exotic Gewürztraminer, the elegant Pinot Noir, or the robust Lagrein—perfectly exemplify this region's quality and diversity.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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The video — posted by TikTok user Belle Hesse on Jan. 7 — shows hands placing a perfectly cut, phone-sized piece of sturdy cardboard inside a black phone case with an opaque screen protector.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Bronze: Catherine Parenteau Mixed Pro Doubles Recap The new season has given us some new partnerships to watch, but the cream still seems to rise to the top rather frequently in Mixed Doubles on tour.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The limited series then won raves upon its primetime broadcast on BBC Four late last year – marking an impressive and rather uncommon coup for non-English language series.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
13 Jan. 2025
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With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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To the utterly vanquished and frequently mocked 3-14 Cleveland Browns goes the second pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.—
Jim Ingraham,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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