How to Use almost nothing in a Sentence
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On long summer days, there’s almost nothing better than relaxing in the park, sprawled out on the grass, soaking up the warm sunshine.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
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There’s almost nothing that Trump or Biden could do to change the minds of the 40% on the other side.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
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To this point, the Biden campaign has spent almost nothing in ads on the state and the polling has, to this point, shown Trump well ahead.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
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If the setlists have a huge turnover from tour to tour, almost nothing has changed about the basic Sparks live drill.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 18 July 2023
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These two photos have almost nothing in common, and nor do the two artists.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 4 Apr. 2024
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The pop star dyed her hair black, then chopped it even shorter, with almost nothing left but a sprig of baby bangs.
—Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 28 Nov. 2022
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Her hair hangs in sweaty, undone waves, and her makeup is pared down to almost nothing apart from body paint.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023
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Driving a cab had earned him fifty thousand rubles at most, and some months almost nothing.
—Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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In the summer, there’s almost nothing better than a refreshing dip in the pool.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024
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There’s almost nothing better than kicking back by the pool, laying out on a chair with your legs up.
—Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
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That means almost nothing will carry over from the current 718.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 23 Apr. 2023
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That means almost nothing will carry over from the current 718.
—K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 23 Apr. 2023
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There’s almost nothing in the history to suggest that jesters always teetered to the point of having their heads chopped off.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
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The defense, so far, has managed to do almost nothing in response.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
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The harbor area burned to the ground in Lahaina, leaving almost nothing behind.
—Andrew Laub, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
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There’s almost nothing else that I’m allowed to tell you about the Blade 16 and Blade 18 until Razer shares all of the details later this week.
—Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2023
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Modern sports fans can agree: almost nothing in sports is two hours anymore.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
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And as with Lynch and Tillman, Howley shows, the truth was almost nothing like what was widely reported at the time.
—Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
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There's almost nothing cozier than knit fabric, and this cardigan is made of a wool yarn blend that's soft to touch.
—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
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The survey has almost nothing but good news for the former president.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
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Most of them sound almost nothing like their final versions, which points up one of the limitations of this set.
—David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
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When that book came out in 1976 there was almost nothing on perennials, unlike now.
—Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
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When that book came out in 1976 there was almost nothing on perennials, unlike now.
—Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
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Yet for thousands of species that scientists know almost nothing about, the strange landscape is a happy home — for now.
—Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
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The veneration had something, or almost nothing at all, to do with the piano.
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
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The water in my kitchen sink started coming out as a drizzle, and later almost nothing at all.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
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Attendees appear in all forms of attire, from T-shirts and jeans to wild costumes to almost nothing at all.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2024
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So, my transition had almost nothing to do with anything at all.
—Ndaschel, oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
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The story offered almost nothing in the realm of exactly how this happened.
—William Mersey, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
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Rina’s wind field is almost nothing compared to that of Philippe to Rina’s southwest.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
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