almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

Examples of almost never in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web International law allows for strikes on military targets in areas where civilians are present, provided the force used is proportionate to the military objective – something that is often disputed and would need to be settled in a court, which almost never happens. Wafaa Shurafa, Mohammad Jahjouh, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024 If the dramatic elements are familiar, the details of daily life in places almost never seen on American television are fresh. Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024 Yet Colorado, like other states, has almost never used this provision — though that might be changing. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024 Strassburger says that almost never happens anymore. Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for almost never 

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“Almost never.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almost%20never. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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