well-nigh

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Recent Examples of well-nigh Right now, though, a coherent A.I. policy seems well-nigh inconceivable. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 In my book, Peter Seidler was a model citizen, a well-nigh heroic one. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-nigh
Adverb
  • When a tariff bill for almost $11,000 arrived without warning, Robert Keeley reached for one of his last financial lifelines and cashed in 1.83 million American Express reward points to pay it.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
  • But the absurd has become almost predictable at this point.
    Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • All that effort has put more than 1.3 million asteroids in our catalogs, but astronomers expect Rubin to identify perhaps three times that many new objects—practically without trying.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
  • Thought and action are practically one and the same: Hungry!
    Mari Andrew, Time, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • Blank check companies are on track this year to raise $25 billion, a nearly 85% drop from 2021, but a total Kwasnick thinks is more sustainable.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 July 2025
  • Citing industry research, the company said that between June and December of 2024, there were nearly 6,000 intentional attacks on critical communications infrastructure.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 1 July 2025
Adverb
  • Instead, subscribers answer questions online, correspond with medical professionals virtually and get the prescribed drugs in visually pleasing packages delivered discreetly to their homes.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Trump seeks to jettison what has been the widespread understanding that the Constitution’s 14th Amendment confers citizenship on virtually everyone born on US soil.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025

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