almost nothing

phrase

: hardly anything

There's almost nothing in the fridge.

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The fire was so intense that there was almost nothing left of the victims, requiring dental records for identification, State Police said. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 There’s almost nothing this administration won’t tarnish, and that now extends to justice for service members killed or wounded by then-Maj. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026 Without the project, the city would expect to receive almost nothing in property tax revenue from the site over 25 years. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 This time, the desperate dude at the center of the story serves as its first-person narrator, which perversely results in our knowing almost nothing about him, not even his real name. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for almost nothing

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almost nothing

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