almost nothing

idiom

: hardly anything
There's almost nothing in the fridge.

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But there was a distinct sound that shook Bears players, too — the sound of almost nothing at all. Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026 But almost nothing sold within the confines of the festival (though that’s been increasingly less true for years), and a lot of other early buzz didn’t pay off. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 20 Jan. 2026 The drama, which also stars the likes of Walton Goggins and Kyle MacLachlan, is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. Peter White, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026 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. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 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 2 Feb. 2026.

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