almost never

idiom

: hardly ever
She almost never misses a game.

Examples of almost never in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web By Jack Bantock | CNN Scottie Scheffler is a man well-accustomed to making global headlines, but almost never for events beyond the confines of the golf course. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024 Owls are almost never seen; in 25 years one showed itself ... Daniel Foster, National Review, 16 May 2024 Leno, who almost never missed a day’s work, essentially stood alone. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024 Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface. Emily Anthes, New York Times, 12 May 2024 And sources said former aides confirmed to Smith's investigators previous media reports that Trump almost never read the President's Daily Brief, a report summarizing classified intelligence and analysis on the day's most pressing issues. Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024 The university handed the committee thousands of pages of documents, including sensitive records that almost never become public. Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024 The junior captain turned 21 in February, but has an advanced understanding of pass pro dynamics, and almost never gets fooled by stunts or blitzes. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024 For example, my twins have almost never been apart from one another. Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024

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“Almost never.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/almost%20never. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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