almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

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Although women were supposed to shower nude before getting in the pool, they were almost never allowed to swim that way. Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025 But the film almost never came to be. David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025 The infamous photo of the Duke of York meeting with Giuffre was almost never taken. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 These balloons almost never go far beyond their continental launch sites, leaving the air above oceans, deserts, and other remote regions drastically underobserved. IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 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 16 Nov. 2025.

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