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all but

adverb as in just about

adverb as in round

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And in those conflicts, the Predator would be all-but-useless.

It will leave the ACA intact, as is, to accrete interest group support until reform becomes all-but-impossible.

Plushenko himself, an amusingly sore loser, played along by all-but-gay-baiting the Americans.

Scarcely any President was ever elected with such all-but unanimity, and the Press was equally undivided in its praises.

The soul was very still, tired after an all-but-forgotten struggle.

A profound instinct has taught even the lower races of men (for the most part) to avoid such union of the all-but-identical.

Foch was all-but sure they were not wrong; that it was not in German nature to reason other than as I have described.

"I get something else, too," replied Maclay, in the same all-but soundless whisper.

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On this page you'll find 134 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to all but, such as: approximately, basically, essentially, morally, nearly, and virtually.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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