almost a certainty

phrase

: nearly certain or definite

His victory in the election is almost a certainty.

Examples of almost a certainty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Although the price of this car when new is cited as $624,166, a substantial return on investment from that sticker is almost a certainty, despite the fact that this lot does not have a reserve. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2025

Wright warns that Google may still have the upperhand based on the judge’s language but clarifying litigation is almost a certainty. — Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Pureval advancing was almost a certainty in the heavily left-leaning city, but who his opponent would be in the general election was up in the air. — Jared Gans, The Hill, 7 May 2025

What’s more, creative burnout is almost a certainty with how frequently these platform-wide changes occur. — Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025

That future is almost a certainty after the ping pong balls worked in the Dallas Wings’ favor in the 2024 WNBA Draft Lottery. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 17 Nov. 2024

Without them, runaway development here would be almost a certainty. — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024

He was replaced by Wilmer Flores, and Giants manager Bob Melvin later said Wade will have an MRI tomorrow and that a stint on the IL is almost a certainty. — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024

With a Jets loss almost a certainty, patrons ran up their bar tabs to the max. — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2023

Rhymes for almost a certainty

• uncertainty