almost nothing

idiom

: hardly anything
There's almost nothing in the fridge.

Examples of almost nothing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Final Emmy predictions ahead of Sunday’s show The Emmys these last few years have been a model of all or almost nothing at all. Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024 The big picture: The first generative AI chatbots knew a lot about the world, but almost nothing about the specific person using them. Ina Fried, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024 From Jack Harris: The Dodgers have gotten almost nothing but bad news on the pitching injury front this year. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024 The plaintiffs had sought that information from the Justice Department for years but received almost nothing until the British authorities began sharing their copies of the material in 2023. Tim Golden, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for almost nothing 

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“Almost nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almost%20nothing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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