almost
Example Sentences
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You paid almost $12,000 for $5,000 worth of stuff.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The lions spent almost three times as long eating as they typically did.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion house was an aluminum, factory-made “dwelling machine” that could be delivered by air and assembled almost anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
This is a mundane outcome of economic policy — almost comically so.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was so hot the chunk of cold butter was almost fully melted by the time I’d salted it.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
