almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

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Across five decades of these fights, the party demanding concessions has almost always taken the blame in the court of public opinion and has almost never accomplished its goals. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025 Football, it could be argued, is diminishing its worth by almost never taking a break and playing virtually year-round. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 Electorally, Grijalva almost never lost and didn’t have a truly competitive race in his congressional career. Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025 Wiles almost never speaks at events or in public. Nbc News, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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