very much

idiom

—used for emphasis

The company is still very much an important part of the community.

She is very much in control of the situation.

: to a very great degree or extent

Thank you very much.

Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.

—often used in negative statements

I didn't like the food very much.

"Did you like the movie?" "Not very much."

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But with Zayn being friends with Rhodes, the possibility of Zayn costing Owens the title is very much in play. —

Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2025 The two-year-old UFL, which is a merger of XFL 3.0 and the USFL 2.0, is very much in the messy startup phase. —

Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025 While this is still the exception—the gender pay gap is very much still a problem in the U.S., with women earning on average 84% of what men earn—more women are entering into STEM careers, and receive college degrees at a steadily higher rate than men. —

Myisha Battle, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025 Guards claimed Davis came at them with makeshift weapons, but that account is very much called into question in the documentary The Alabama Solution, directed by Emmy winner Andrew Jarecki (The Jinx parts 1 and 2, Capturing the Friedmans) and Charlotte Kaufman (The Jinx part 2). —

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