almost a certainty
idiom
: nearly certain or definite
His victory in the election is almost a certainty.
Examples of almost a certainty in a Sentence
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With a Jets loss almost a certainty, patrons ran up their bar tabs to the max.
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Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2023
That’s almost a certainty at LSU, no matter the coach.
—USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
The trial is moving slowly, unlike usually swift proceedings for high-profile political activists, with guilty verdicts almost a certainty.
—Dasha Litvinova, ajc, 3 June 2023
But perhaps the public shouldn’t get their hopes up - the likelihood of extraterrestrial life is, according to astrobiologists, almost a certainty - but there is no evidence that extraterrestrial life has visited Earth, or even has the ability (or motivation) to do so.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 May 2021
That’s almost a certainty at LSU, no matter the coach.
—USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
The large reservoir of viruses in bats means that another coronavirus emerging that can infect humans is almost a certainty.
—Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes, 4 May 2021
That Alabama team could look different from the one who’ll be in New Orleans as NFL opt-outs are almost a certainty.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 4 Dec. 2022
Deubler said a designation to Florence is almost a certainty unless the judge recommends otherwise.
—Matthew Barakat, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022
Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2023
That’s almost a certainty at LSU, no matter the coach.
—USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
The trial is moving slowly, unlike usually swift proceedings for high-profile political activists, with guilty verdicts almost a certainty.
—Dasha Litvinova, ajc, 3 June 2023
But perhaps the public shouldn’t get their hopes up - the likelihood of extraterrestrial life is, according to astrobiologists, almost a certainty - but there is no evidence that extraterrestrial life has visited Earth, or even has the ability (or motivation) to do so.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 May 2021
That’s almost a certainty at LSU, no matter the coach.
—USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
The large reservoir of viruses in bats means that another coronavirus emerging that can infect humans is almost a certainty.
—Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes, 4 May 2021
That Alabama team could look different from the one who’ll be in New Orleans as NFL opt-outs are almost a certainty.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 4 Dec. 2022
Deubler said a designation to Florence is almost a certainty unless the judge recommends otherwise.
—Matthew Barakat, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022
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