almost nothing

idiom

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

Examples of almost nothing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web India is now buying 1.9 million barrels per day from Russia, up from almost nothing in 2021, according to the International Energy Agency. David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024 The process of having a separate work phone (with apps) and a personal phone (with almost nothing interesting) has dropped my screentime to about 2.5 hours a day, not to brag. David Pierce, The Verge, 18 Feb. 2024 Attendees appear in all forms of attire, from T-shirts and jeans to wild costumes to almost nothing at all. Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2024 The Red Cross hasn’t been permitted to see them, and almost nothing is known about their conditions. Show more Rachel Goldberg-Polin, 54, now spends her days trying to bring Hersh and the other hostages home. NBC News, 14 Jan. 2024 But there was almost nothing standard about what Stapleton did following the sound-marred opening sets by Elle King and the rootsy Oklahoma country band Turnpike Troubadours. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024 After slowing to almost nothing, cooperation was officially suspended by China in August 2022 in response to then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, an island democracy that Beijing claims as its territory. Henry Austin, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024 But the company’s existing lenders had the right to demand repayment of their loans from any funds provided by MWD, so almost nothing would be available for construction. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 Designers have, at various points during the autumn-winter 2024 season, taken the naked-dressing phenomenon toward its final destination: skintight and see-through garments that leave almost nothing to the imagination. Glamour, 1 Mar. 2024

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“Almost nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almost%20nothing. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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