almost nothing

idiom

: hardly anything
There's almost nothing in the fridge.

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Providing care with almost nothing is one of the hardest things that any person can ever do. NPR, 8 Nov. 2025 Snow along Lake Michigan and Lake Superior shorelines is driven by what's known as lake effect, a phenomenon in which moisture-laden air drops heavy snow in some places downwind from large bodies of water while other areas receive almost nothing. Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025 City staff estimated that holding a special election between February and March would cost $315,000 to $378,000, while placing the measure on the November 2026 general election ballot would cost the city almost nothing. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025 Losing Daniels — and losing him the way the Commanders did, in garbage time of a blowout loss — was a brutal coda, the lowest of low points for a team that experienced almost nothing but highs a year ago. Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for almost nothing

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“Almost nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almost%20nothing. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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