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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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Wholesale-goods costs leaped 1.6%, almost entirely because of higher oil prices.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Just because such comparisons are almost laughably inept doesn’t mean they don’t have real world stakes.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Alex McKechnie chuckles at the leap of faith he took when he packed up almost all his belongings in Glasgow and booked a one-way flight to Vancouver, Canada on 7 September 1974.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

It’ll almost certainly be the sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit EPS growth, making for the longest streak since 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

By now I had learned to make the nighttime trip out to Pickwick’s almost as skillfully as could Kik.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom