Examples of pretty well in a Sentence
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The twin spacecraft are the longest-running missions in history, and aside from a few communication glitches, the pair are doing pretty well for their age.
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Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
The show’s first episode (available on Crunchyroll) lays this out pretty well, but the movie has enough expository voiceover to explain that Loid’s long-term target has a son at an elite private school, and part of his plan involves adopting a child and enrolling her at that same institution.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Three billion years after the big bang, the morphology of our Milky Way was pretty well fixed.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The Charlottesville region is pretty well known for VA folks, but Loudoun is way more accessible for city dwellers who want a long weekend trip.
—Patrice J. Williams, Essence, 3 Apr. 2024
So most air source heat pumps on the market currently work pretty well until the outdoor temperature gets to about 4 degrees Celsius, which is 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024
NatWest did pretty well in 2023 as profits were up 20% compared to a year earlier and shareholder returns stayed strong.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
But Scott has been pretty well vetted at this point and would make history as the first Black person on a GOP ticket.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Even so, the first-gen Vision Pro fits in pretty well with a lot of competitors’ second- or third-gen headsets in terms of features and capabilities, albeit not so much in terms of comfort.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
The show’s first episode (available on Crunchyroll) lays this out pretty well, but the movie has enough expository voiceover to explain that Loid’s long-term target has a son at an elite private school, and part of his plan involves adopting a child and enrolling her at that same institution.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
Three billion years after the big bang, the morphology of our Milky Way was pretty well fixed.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The Charlottesville region is pretty well known for VA folks, but Loudoun is way more accessible for city dwellers who want a long weekend trip.
—Patrice J. Williams, Essence, 3 Apr. 2024
So most air source heat pumps on the market currently work pretty well until the outdoor temperature gets to about 4 degrees Celsius, which is 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Apr. 2024
NatWest did pretty well in 2023 as profits were up 20% compared to a year earlier and shareholder returns stayed strong.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
But Scott has been pretty well vetted at this point and would make history as the first Black person on a GOP ticket.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Even so, the first-gen Vision Pro fits in pretty well with a lot of competitors’ second- or third-gen headsets in terms of features and capabilities, albeit not so much in terms of comfort.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Pretty well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretty%20well. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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