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Some bartenders try to honor the original three-ingredient recipe and pile on the grapefruit juice, making a whiskey greyhound with too much sweetness, while others either reduce the fruit component to almost nothing or else add acidity with lemons or powdered citric acid.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
The offices reopened with a skeleton staff of inexperienced contractors who, former officials told me, are doing almost nothing.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
A couple of months before the grand opening there was almost nothing there.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
And the world sits by and says and does almost nothing.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
The offices reopened with a skeleton staff of inexperienced contractors who, former officials told me, are doing almost nothing.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
A couple of months before the grand opening there was almost nothing there.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
And the world sits by and says and does almost nothing.
—Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
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 Jan. 2026.
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