almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

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Zappos currently has the style marked down to as little as $91 — a rare price drop, considering the brand’s shoes almost never dip below the $100 mark. Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025 This is why most people almost never do it. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025 That is why, for example, presidential bodyguards are almost never integrated into the main repressive apparatus. Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Simply put, the Steelers almost never pay coaches not to coach. Mike Defabo, New York Times, 8 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 22 Dec. 2025.

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