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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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I’m really a very routined person, meaning that I have the same routine almost every day and I’m really militant about policing it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The phrase has appeared almost 500,000 times across social platforms since that month, according to the analytics firm Sprout Social, with more than 37 billion impressions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The discovery centers on the galaxy J1007+3540, where scientists observed a supermassive black hole at its core suddenly restarting powerful jets after remaining inactive for almost 100 million years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

No, the opposition toward the candidate is viciously intense, shockingly manifold, and wide-ranging to the point of sounding almost existential.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Back when Mom, Jonah, and I first moved here when I was eleven, Pops would find me almost every day after school, fishing off the end of his dock.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam