almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

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Michael was her firstborn son, the eldest of four, a baby who almost never cried and who became a generous, adventurous man. Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 Even if those returns were to continue, your personal experience will almost never match the average. Gianluca Sidoti, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 There are also reasons ranging from geography to historic rivalries why two particular teams don’t often strike a deal — and, in some cases, almost never have. Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 July 2025 Writing about spoofs is sort of like dancing about architecture: Film critics almost never get paid to do it. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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