almost

Example Sentences

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Peru lost its seventh leader in almost as many years Tuesday with the impeachment of interim President Jose Jeri on allegations of graft.

From Barron's

She shook her head at Angela, and for the first time it was almost in a companionable way, as if to say, At least you know there’s a plane there!

From Literature

"If successful for a second time that would almost certainly be the highest mark a horse has won off in the modern era," Greenwood added.

From BBC

A Cabinet Office source said: "The fact that selective excerpts are now being resurfaced, almost a decade on, to substantiate vexatious anonymous briefings from disgruntled individuals is frankly unconscionable."

From BBC

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, a former secretary of state, also shared tributes, saying they were friends with Jackson for "almost fifty years".

From BBC