almost nothing

idiom

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

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While costing almost nothing to fire, the setup costs for these laser systems are huge. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025 After the riots, Modi’s government did almost nothing to provide for the tens of thousands of Muslims forced from their homes; aid was supplied almost entirely by volunteers. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Producer Bob Ezrin — who worked with the group on 1971’s Love it to Death, School’s Out in 1972, and chart-topper Billion Dollar Babies the following year — echoed Cooper’s sentiments and said almost nothing has changed since collaborating with the band in the Seventies. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025 Obviously, this means these game modes are far less technical and have almost nothing to do with your ability to actually play the base game well and are more about your ability to adapt to the new control scheme and use your opponent’s impatience against them. David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 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 12 Jun. 2025.

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