almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

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Flood damage is almost never covered by traditional homeowners’ insurance policies, and your risk may be underestimated according to official government flood zone maps. Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 TikTok banned the hashtag #carteltok earlier this year, though it is almost never used by members of these stateside criminal networks. Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 Across five decades of these fights, the party demanding concessions has almost always taken the blame in the court of public opinion and has almost never accomplished its goals. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025 Football, it could be argued, is diminishing its worth by almost never taking a break and playing virtually year-round. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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