almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

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And then there’s the money, which almost never fails to complicate matters. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 What follows is something audiences almost never get to see: the star and director of a massive Hollywood production having an extended and passionate debate in front of the entire crew. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025 Before Wintour, the magazine typically shot models from the shoulders up, their neat headshots captured within the walls of a studio and in front of solid-colored backdrops—almost never outside or on the street. Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 But partisanship was seldom their goal and certainly, in a country not yet addicted to outrage, almost never the consequence. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 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 21 Aug. 2025.

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