almost not
Example Sentences
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The Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru are upbeat to the point of almost not quite believing the reception they are getting.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
“My biggest symptom after that was extreme anhedonia, like a feeling of not being myself or getting pleasure from anything — almost not feeling human,” she said.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025
She dared to ask, “What would happen if I just … didn’t?,” and it seems to have affected her husband’s campaign almost not at all.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024
I love them as a duo, and I think of them almost not separately, only together.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
Even to Scarlett he seemed shadowy in the deepening dusk, like something that was almost not there, a shimmer of heat haze, a skittery leaf that for a moment had seemed to be a boy.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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