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all but
Almost, nearly, as in I've all but finished the book. This expression was used by Andrew Marvell in “Thoughts in a Garden”: “Society is all but rude, To this delicious solitude.” [Late 1500s]
Example Sentences
But the normally bustling plaza was all but deserted when Mayor Karen Bass visited Sunday morning.
But their ability to threaten Israel on its frontiers has been greatly diminished by Israeli action over the last two years: Hamas has been all but destroyed in Gaza, and Hezbollah's potency reduced to the point where it has not responded to Israel's attack on its paymaster.
All but one of the 242 passengers and crew members were killed.
Once Kingsley Coman opened the scoring after five minutes at the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, those dreams of an almighty shock were all but extinguished.
This was updated to warn against "all but essential travel" to the country after a state of emergency was declared on 13 June.
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