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Adverb
  • The portion is pretty good for $12 and can easily be shared with a friend or two.
    Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The Horror’s Least and Igneous Hammer are pretty good Adept PvP rolls.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • When the ocean is relatively calm and shallow, there is also less plankton, sand, particles, and other materials constantly churning in the waves, which gives the water a clearer appearance.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Youngsters Yutaro Tsukada, 22, and Gustavo Caraballo, 16, both started the match and looked relatively comfortable in coach Oscar Pareja’s system.
    Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • But Hart is correct, no one attacks these types of plays quite like Anunoby does.
    Fred Katz, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The phone also has a 120Hz display, Qi wireless charging, and a decent camera that’s not quite as nice as those on its flagship counterparts but still capable of impressive results.
    Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Join 1 other in the comments View Comments The story is famous enough without needing to.
    David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Very few people are fortunate enough to start a residency program, making Dr. Hartford’s work in this role a unique feature of his career.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • The freeze on these cases isn't to scrap student debt forgiveness altogether, but rather to take a 'wait-and-see' approach to how the new administration wants to reshape the programs put in place from the one that preceded them.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • President Donald Trump‘s eye-catching foreign policy at the start of his second term is more than just a series of fanciful, off-the-cuff suggestions and is rather an attempt to strong-arm unwilling leaders to the negotiating table, insiders say.
    Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Just past the Pegasus Fountain is the somewhat bizarre Dwarf Garden, with sculptures of 320-year-old mischievous-looking dwarves, which had a cameo appearance in the film.
    Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok crashed into this outcome somewhat chaotically.
    Alex Heath, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • How Klingberg and Regula might alter blue-line plans The outcomes and options pertaining to Klingberg are fairly clear.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • From fairly early on, Paradise puts its cards on the table and, from there, isn’t really coy at all.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Sort of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sort%20of. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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