almost never
Example Sentences
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Unlike in the past, trainers almost never run horses with just two or even three weeks’ rest.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
“I favored retail allocations over institutional allocations, which is almost never done.”
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
In Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion, he justified the high court’s decision, writing that “the Constitution almost never permits the Federal Government or a State to discriminate on the basis of race.”
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
He stresses “the general rule that the Constitution almost never permits the Federal Government or a State to discriminate on the basis of race” except to remedy specific instances of past discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
People who have been convicted of felonies almost never truly re-enter the society they inhabited prior to their conviction.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
