almost nothing

idiom

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

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Before the attorney-general settlement, a Google search pulls up almost nothing — he’s only mentioned in a few small lawsuits. Clio Chang, Curbed, 11 Feb. 2025 Aside from the carryover cast members, those first three seasons have almost nothing in common with the near-flawless current iteration. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025 Anyone who would pay for tickets and try to find parking on a Saturday night in Bridgeport to hear about a team that lost a modern-day record 121 games and spent almost nothing on free agents this offseason truly qualified as a diehard Sox fan. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025 These are the farmers, like those in sub-Saharan Africa, who are facing the brunt of climate change while contributing almost nothing to it. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 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 3 Mar. 2025.

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