as in nearly
very close to but not completely
we were almost finished with dinner when an unexpected visitor showed up there were almost enough seats for everybody on the bus
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as in relative
being such only when compared to something else
burdened with impossibly high expectations, the movie came to be regarded as an almost failure
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Recent Examples of almost
Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
How has the competition changed? Concerns that what the Arclight Hollywood provided in terms of elevated attention for certain films, ability to perform when platform runs are still desired, and replacement of revenue have almost totally evaporated.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
James Griffiths, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
West made his triumphant return to Twitter last Friday after an almost year-long hiatus.
—NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
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Their most recent, Any Signs Of Love, was released this past November 29, almost exactly three months after Moore’s death.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
How has the competition changed? Concerns that what the Arclight Hollywood provided in terms of elevated attention for certain films, ability to perform when platform runs are still desired, and replacement of revenue have almost totally evaporated.
—Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
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Despite arguably kicking off the trend of internet shutdowns a decade ago with an almost year-long blackout in the western province of Xinjiang, China is not a frequent offender.
—James Griffiths, CNN, 9 Jan. 2020
West made his triumphant return to Twitter last Friday after an almost year-long hiatus.
—NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
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The original middle school, founded nearly a century ago, became an arts magnet in 2013.Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Schramm, who joined the company in early 2018 after a nearly 17-year tenure at GE, ending his time there as CIO of GE Aviation, has spent the last seven years reshaping Fifth Third’s technology landscape to position it for scale, resilience and innovation.Peter High, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Here is the story of a Stonewall brick that can be told with relative certainty: In 2019, Kurt Kelly, one of the bar’s current owners, was up in his office; outside, construction workers were zhuzhing up the building’s façade, in anticipation of the uprising’s fiftieth anniversary.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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In this hellish landscape, ‘standing’ is relative, but smoke and other damage is not like the utter destruction around us.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Titan missiles that launched the two-man Gemini crews practically shook themselves to pieces in their first uncrewed flights.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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In text messages from August 2022 produced in the suit, Ruiz indicates that the amount was to be paid in a pre-set amount of company stock that was worth less at that point and is practically worthless now.Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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Johnson met with what’s left of the Raiders’ brass virtually on Friday as his Lions prepare for the NFC Divisional Playoffs next week.Vincent Frank, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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President-elect Donald Trump, right, and Todd Blanche, attorney for Donald Trump, appear virtually at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.Graham Kates, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
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However, Judge Christopher Lopez, who is overseeing Jones' personal bankruptcy case, rejected the results of the auction in December, arguing that it was not conducted fairly and could have yielded a higher price.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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View conflicts as growth opportunities, mediate fairly and focus on solutions.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Almost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/almost. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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