almost nothing

phrase

: hardly anything

There's almost nothing in the fridge.

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Official production fell off to almost nothing after the war, which isn't surprising, since there might have been as many as a million floating about with many never issued. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 After a few music docs, ‘Am I Racist’ and ‘Melania,’ and a couple of docs around angry Middle East topics, almost nothing. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026 Confidence in the model told you almost nothing until a lab checked. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Because my father had once been a young boy with almost nothing, standing near the sand and the ocean, watching movement and dreaming. — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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