The phrase "a peak of almost" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a high point or maximum level that is nearly reached but not fully attained.
Example: "The temperature reached a peak of almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the heatwave."
Alternatives: "a high point of nearly" or "a maximum of almost".
The states' deficit should drop to 2.2% of GDP in the year ending March 2012, from a peak of almost 5% a decade ago.
On the same day, an attack by insurgents on oil facilities near Basra helped reverse the fall in oil prices from a peak of almost $50 a barrel a week ago.
The currency reached a peak of almost 75 cents in mid-June.
But that was after the shares had fallen to $13.06 from a peak of almost $50 that previous January.
Reflecting the hopes, five-year credit default swaps (CDS) for Dubai fell over 30 basis points to 533, according to market data, compared with a peak of almost 700 bps on 30 November.
She built "Gretchen am Spinnrade," for instance, to a peak of almost manic energy, but the real power was in the closing repetition of the first verse, which Ms. Fleming sang with a hushed, almost breathless intensity.
Since hitting a peak of $188 almost exactly three years ago, the company's shares have plunged by more than half, to less than $90 this week.
There was an active accumulation of Actin11 transcripts peaking at 3.25 mm in cells undergoing growth acceleration, followed by a negative peak of almost the same amplitude at 4.25 mm in cells just starting to decelerate their growth.
Capital losses and withdrawals by investors have left hedge-fund assets at around $1.6 trillion, down from a 2007 peak of almost $1.9 trillion (see chart).An industry that had run almost unchecked because of the returns it once produced and the mystique of its billionaire managers may never again get the same latitude from investors.
Chartjackers garnered a viewing figures peak of almost half a million with its final episode and was critically panned by reviewers.
Furthermore, the share of American earnings paid out as dividends has declined from a post-war peak of almost two-thirds to about one-third in 2007, with many firms preferring stock buybacks (which have now ground to a halt).
