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almost

[awl-mohst, awl-mohst] / ˈɔl moʊst, ɔlˈmoʊst /
ADVERB
nearly, very nearly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
about approximately around essentially most much practically relatively roughly virtually
STRONG
nigh well-nigh
WEAK
about to all but as good as bordering on close to close upon for all practical purposes for the greatest part in effect in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about near to not far from not quite on the brink of on the edge of on the point of on the verge of pretty near substantially within sight of

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Wall Street sees Amazon’s first-quarter revenue coming in at $177 billion, up almost 14% from a year earlier, according to FactSet estimates.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

“It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am,” Kimmel said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

If Greek yogurt has a secret superpower, it’s this: it can step into almost any baking recipe that calls for sour cream, milk or even oil and do the job just as well.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

In the same time period, the number of children is projected to fall by almost 166,000, and the number of young adults to drop by more than 157,000.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

I had been Prisoner 66730 for so long that I almost failed to react to my name.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom