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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These claims had risen steadily for several years and had almost reached a postpandemic high of 2 million last fall, but they have since leveled off.

From MarketWatch

A stable labor market, in turn, would almost certainly dissuade the Fed from cutting interest rates in March.

From MarketWatch

In January, China’s EV and plug-in hybrid sales fell for the first time in almost two years, dropping 20% compared with a year earlier to 596,000 units, according to the China Passenger Car Association.

From The Wall Street Journal

Venezuela shipped 18,000 barrels a day to Italy, which had bought almost none last year.

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Ukraine’s mainly flat and almost treeless geography is also ideally suited to drone warfare.

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