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noun Mathematics.

everywhere in a given set except on a subset with measure zero. Abbreviation: a.e.

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Throughout the progressive movement, this sentiment is echoed almost everywhere.
Why the Left Loves Warren, But Won’t Swoon for Sanders|David Freedlander|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Romanov tsars imposed rigid serfdom just as that woeful institution was fading almost everywhere else.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself|P. J. O’Rourke|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sadly, it is out of print almost everywhere and no one has yet rescued and revived it.
The Most Unreliable Narrators, From Agatha Christie to Iris Murdoch|Sophie Hannah|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Labor costs are lower almost everywhere, especially in China.
Consumers Love the Made in the U.S.A. Brand|Daniel Gross|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Almost everywhere else, elections are run by impartial voting agencies.
America's Disgraceful Voting System|David Frum|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And coincident with the same, she became the recipient of numerous offers from almost everywhere.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
In this vicinity are the Burnham beeches, made known almost everywhere by the camera and the brush of the artist.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
As they traversed the capital, not a single shout of exultation was raised; and they were almost everywhere greeted with kindness.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The cave being almost everywhere open to the sky, the smoke issued freely, blackening the curved escarpment.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
The Tibetan is always hospitable and will provide sheep, milk, cheese and butter almost everywhere.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury