almost

Example Sentences

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It had been almost 20 years since the last team that won back-to-back championships, the 1968-69 Celtics, and yet there was the “calculating” Riley making his guarantee.

From Los Angeles Times

Times investigations uncovered the alert failure in January of last year, and later found that almost no fire trucks were in that side of the community as the inferno raged through.

From Los Angeles Times

The disaster also almost felled California’s biggest home insurer, State Farm General.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I didn’t like the look on their face before the game. I think it was almost like they had lost confidence.”

From Los Angeles Times

"It's a primitive sport, almost instinctive for human beings," Yuji Ano, president of the tournament's organising committee, told AFP.

From Barron's