almost nothing

idiom

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

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Once software is built, serving an additional user costs almost nothing—mostly just bandwidth and support, which are minimal on a per-user basis. Alvaro Morales, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 Popular garb for the evening included leather skirts, leather belts, leather vests, fishnet stockings and, for some, almost nothing at all. Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025 Other than Everett Golson’s suspension and the Pinstripe Bowl media shuttle getting into an accident on the way back to Manhattan, almost nothing stands out. Pete Sampson, New York Times, 11 July 2025 Meanwhile, our own state leaders have done almost nothing to fight back. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 July 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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