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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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RedBird Capital didn’t quite acquire Paramount Global, but the private equity firm was part of the consortium with Skydance that announced a merger with the company in July.
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Zambra’s new mixed-genre collection, Childish Literature, rendered into English by his longtime translator, Megan McDowell, is quite different.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
It’s been quite a year for Nicola Coughlan, the Derry Girls alum and Bridgerton breakout who finally took center stage in the latter Regency romance series’ third season.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
There are two types of great television shows: the kind millions of people are watching and talking about and the ones that never quite break into the larger cultural conversation.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Zambra’s new mixed-genre collection, Childish Literature, rendered into English by his longtime translator, Megan McDowell, is quite different.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
It’s been quite a year for Nicola Coughlan, the Derry Girls alum and Bridgerton breakout who finally took center stage in the latter Regency romance series’ third season.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
There are two types of great television shows: the kind millions of people are watching and talking about and the ones that never quite break into the larger cultural conversation.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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Senior Open Competition Quick Recap Despite being in Florida, where a slew of senior pros reside, the Senior Pro/Open draws were pretty sparse for the PPA this weekend.Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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That's a pretty heavy theme, and the film offers no pat, easy answers in its resolution.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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Related Video Off the Cuff: Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short Talk Favorite Roles, Worst Auditions, and ‘Demure Autumn’ That said, Saturnalia wasn’t totally innocent.Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
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To us, as individuals who frequently whip up 12-clove Garlic Chicken Stir-Fry and don’t bat an eye about adding about 48 cloves to our homemade Chili Crisp, Ina Garten’s viral Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic recipe seems totally reasonable.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
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Despite high awareness, overall usage remains relatively low.Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] Psychopaths recommend harsher punishments for homicides, whether accidental or motivated by profit, but exhibit relatively low concern about killing in general.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Some provide a combination of meal kits and fully prepared dishes that don’t require any meal prep.Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2025
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For example, a customer inquiry that starts with an RCS message could escalate to a voice call, with the agent fully informed of the prior exchange, eliminating the need for customers to repeat themselves.Nick Newsom, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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The 2024 elections are widely considered to have been run fairly by the majority of both major political parties.Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
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That's a fairly small savings for middle-class residents, according to local news outlet IPB News, which estimates the reduction will result in a tax cut of $33 for a worker earning $65,000 a year.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2025
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His expertise and resources, combined with Landry’s discipline, systems, and processes, perfectly balanced the creativity that Catch was born from.Caroline Tell, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Combining his own sensibilities with those of Góngora, the result falls perfectly somewhere in the middle.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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The book is by no means meant to be prescriptive, but rather serves as a guide for those looking for a starting point.Rosana Lai, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2025
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If receiving personalized coffee picks from a catalogue of nearly 600 coffees from 60 different roasters sounds like your cup of tea (or rather, joe), then MistoBox is the subscription for you.Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025
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Indiana trailed Notre Dame by a score of 17-3 in an utterly dominant first half from the Fighting Irish.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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As of this writing, two months past Robert Caro’s 88th birthday, the fifth and concluding volume of this magisterial, utterly necessary biography is still unpublished.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Quite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quite. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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