well-nigh

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Recent Examples of well-nigh In my book, Peter Seidler was a model citizen, a well-nigh heroic one. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 Nov. 2023
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Adverb
  • Alex Ovechkin will almost certainly break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goal-scoring record.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Khalid spent almost seven years fighting alongside Sarout.
    Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Alongside fashion regulars like Liya Kebede, Nicolas Ghesquière and Pierre Hardy, there was a new face in Paris, with Chappell Roan practically causing a scrum at the Rabanne show Thursday.
    Alex Wynne, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Schiaparelli’s latest show took a more traditional turn, its goal to be making modernity out of antiquity, but up until this show, Daniel Roseberry has taken great care to make a body of work at Schiaparelli that honors and practically parodies the intricate details of human body features.
    Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 5 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • Washington, meanwhile, remains the top team in the Eastern Conference (39-14-8, 86 points), thanks in part to Ovechkin — and also in spite of a fractured left fibula on Nov. 18 that shelved him for nearly six weeks and threatened to delay his chase to the fall of 2025.
    Sean Gentille, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the trading session up nearly 500 points, or 1.1%, while the S&P 500 also jumped 1.1%.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • As mentioned previously, with virtually all nonimmigrant visas, i.e. visitor, student and temporary work visas effectively off-limits because of the immigrant intent problem and the Safe Third Country Agreement preventing refugee claims, legal options are scarce.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • For a while, Camilla appeared to be carrying the monarchy virtually single-handedly.
    Jack Royston, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025

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