almost nothing

idiom

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

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To go from almost nothing, saved from financial ruin by four Palace supporters (of whom three, including chairman Steve Parish, remain shareholders), to become FA Cup winners and qualify for European competition for the first time would rank as the club’s finest achievement. Sam Lee, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025 The results comes more a year after Viaplay completed its recapitalization program, during which Canal+ and PFF both secured 29% stakes in the streaming and channels business, as other shareholders saw their investments reduced to almost nothing. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025 Nearly all of this savings, in recent years, has been exhausted in financing Federal deficits, leaving almost nothing for net domestic investment. Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Perhaps most confusingly, this Othello seems determined to say almost nothing about race, 400 years ago, now, or in the near future. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 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 6 May. 2025.

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