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Despite its main hospital being nearly new, Aneurin Bevan health board still has a backlog of nearly £233m.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

They had recently acquired a nearly new self-propelled artillery piece with modern Russian firing and targeting technology and were learning how to use it.

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

At least when I review new cars, or nearly new cars, that is my goal.

From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2021

The woman who caught me has graciously not said anything, but I know she saw me washing some nearly new monogrammed towels she threw out.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2019

The walls, the paneling, the pervasive heaviness of nearly new fixtures, the colossal firedogs, the walk-in fireplaces of bright new stone referred back through the centuries to a time of lonely castles in mute forests.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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