almost

Example Sentences

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"At the same time, wetter and low-oxygen conditions can increase methane, since the microbes that produce methane thrive when there is almost no oxygen in the soil."

From Science Daily

Sudan remains locked in an almost three‑year power struggle between the regular army and the RSF.

From BBC

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