Sentence examples for about nearly from inspiring English sources

The phrase "about nearly" is not correct and is generally not usable in written English.
The combination of "about" and "nearly" is redundant, as both words imply approximation.
Example: "The project is about nearly finished" should be revised for clarity.
Alternatives: "approximately" or "almost".

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A quick cruise through Web sites that chronicle New York night life offers ample evidence that Ms. Cardoso is out and about nearly every minute.

Those aren't just economic trade-offs, they're things I don't think about nearly as much as I once did, or place the same value on.

But what people don't talk about nearly as much in public forums is our equally broken judicial system.

We talked about nearly everything.

"You're talking about nearly doubling the greenhouse-gas emissions.

VINNY TESTAVERDE was wrong about nearly everything yesterday.

The critics are right about nearly all of it.

"He was not talking about nearly every school in America".

He calls quite often and has left maybe 100 messages about nearly everything.

Can't the same thing be said about nearly every aspect of life?

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Since receiving her ESPY Award last week — her first official public appearance as a woman — Jenner has been seen out-and-about nearly every day.

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