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"pretty much settled" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means that something is largely or almost completely decided or resolved. Here are some examples: - "The dispute between the two parties was pretty much settled after lengthy negotiations." - "I think we have a pretty much settled plan for our vacation next month." - "The CEO's resignation was unexpected, but the company's direction is still pretty much settled." - "I know there are still some details to work out, but the main issue is pretty much settled." - "Once the new regulations are passed, the rules for the industry will be pretty much settled."
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— For Northerners, the history of the Civil War seems pretty much settled.
We got back to the ship to find everyone else pretty much settled in.
Now it's so strapped for cash that it has pretty much settled into an all-Jane Austen format.
The first set of challenges they faced, they've settled pretty — not easily — but they pretty much settled in clean and clear language.
Mr. Montanez said he had pretty much settled on Mrs. Clinton, though talk among his colleagues at the clinic was still very much undecided, he said.
"The chattering class in Washington will run around for a while with their hands up in the air, but I think the field is pretty much settled," said Mr. Huntsman's senior strategist, John Weaver.
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Which pretty much settles that.
The kid asks some more dumb questions, but that pretty much settles it.
If the Giants agree, and they are saying nothing right now, that pretty much settles it.
But then you look out the window, and that pretty much settles it.
An experiment called MINOS, which fires neutrinos from Fermilab, a big physics lab near Chicago, to a mine 735km away in Minnesota, has also failed to see the particles overtake light.That pretty much settles one neutrino niggle.
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