almost
very nearly; all but: almost every house; almost the entire symphony; to pay almost nothing for a car; almost twice as many books.
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How to use almost in a sentence
Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTalmost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTEditorial and political cartoon pages from throughout the world almost unanimously came to the same conclusion.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTTo make it work almost everything else about these shows has to seem factual which is why many look like a weird Celebrity Sims.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist | Judnick Mayard | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftShe was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinBig Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsA lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopinalmost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for almost
/ (ˈɔːlməʊst) /
little short of being; very nearly
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