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Definition of "all but" []

  • Very nearly. (adverb)

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Use "all but" in a sentence
  • "From probably 1000 souls sixty years ago, they have been reduced by smallpox and other diseases to 300 in 1901, and 260 in 1909, of whom all but about 60 are reported to be Catholics, the rest Methodists (see also SONGISH INDIANS)."
  • "“Hey, Ty,” Candi said, her full breasts all but revealed in the tubetop she wore."
  • "He was and is still followed by the Rationalist School which sees in the traditional theory all but defined by the Church, a spirit of vindictiveness unworthy of God and a subversion of justice in substituting the innocent for the guilty."
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