Synonym: about, almost, just about, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh. Similar words: album, call back, fall behind, fall back on. Meaning: adv. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished.
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31 England's chances of winning the series have all but disappeared.
32 All but one of the passengers were killed in the accident.
33 The new accommodation block has all but masked the original building.
34 By now the war was all but over.
35 However, for Moi, this has all but stopped.
36 Meanwhile, Even has all but publicly announced her candidacy.
37 Bidding continues until all but one eligible candidate remains.
38 Yet in all but a very few, it is people that are the organisation's most costly and most valuable asset.
39 The very thought stiffened her body in his arms and she all but scowled at him.
40 And all but one of them received their first performance appraisal from their superiors in the second half of the year.
41 Strategic air power had all but won the Second World War.
42 Birth control devices and information had never been widely available(sentencedict.com), and now they all but disappeared.
43 Every UMass player saw action, and all but two played at least 10 minutes.
44 Food be-came more accessible and convenient to all but the poorest families.
45 Many of the buildings in the old town were six storeys high and the lanes so narrow that all but pedestrians were banned.
46 The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.
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47 Sometimes it seems home baking is a tradition that has all but disappeared.
48 The aetiology of acute liver failure was viral hepatitis in all but one patients.
49 Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once. Mignon McLaughlin
50 All but a few expressed general agreement with government actions.
51 The stammering policeman spun around, tripped on the rusty pot, and all but crashed to the ground.
52 Roxburgh Castle was proof against all but prolonged siege and heavy artillery.
53 The Communist decision to withdraw its candidates in all but two Parliamentary constituencies aggravated the situation still further.
54 Third, all but the smallest local authorities should appoint a management board of between five and nine members.
55 A box of apparatus for the circus was provided for all but the most recent trials.
56 Life breaks us all but in the end we are stronger in the broken places. Ernest Hemingway
57 The hours expanded in deeper and deeper heat, until the air split and the rain was all but blinding.
58 Ian denies all but tells them about Mel sleeping with Phil to get them off his back.
59 At Wolverhampton the carriage had all but emptied, leaving only a sleeping woman cradling a badminton racket.
60 All but the far right have acknowledged the need to develop a more skilled workforce, since whites can no longer fill the demand.