almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

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In cities, where environmental pressures usually overlap and blur together, that kind of on-off switch is almost never available. New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2026 Bull markets are almost never cut short by geopolitical flareups, in case anyone is wondering. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026 Legitimate macOS fixes almost never require you to blindly run scripts copied from the internet. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026 But, if the experience of the Oslo Accords—where Areas A, B, and C in the West Bank hardened from interim arrangements into a permanent cartography of control—is any guide, provisional lines drawn in the name of security almost never remain provisional. Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 29 Dec. 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 14 Jan. 2026.

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