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The phrase "about the only subject" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that a particular subject is one of the very few topics being discussed or considered.
Example: "In our discussions, climate change is about the only subject that seems to unite everyone."
Alternatives: "practically the only topic" or "virtually the only matter".
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It was about the only subject he did not discuss.
About the only subject not up for discussion is a ceasefire.Which is one reason why so many ordinary Colombians have so little faith in the negotiations.
The committee chairman, Henry Hyde, has made it extremely difficult for the Democrats on the committee to question Mr. Starr about the only subject on which he does have firsthand knowledge: his methods.
Sorrentino said he hoped his new film was an "optimistic" one which "dispels our fears" about the "only subject of interest to anyone: how much time we have left".
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Back then, in 1912, medicine was absurdly primitive compared to what we have now, and frankly, about the only subjects that have stayed the same since then are anatomy and the rudimentary basics of human physiology.
And that was as far as he would go on the record about his father — the only subject on which he went off the record at all.
It's All About Lunch "Lunch is our obsession and the only subject we argue about.
But Sanger is not the only subject about which Kengor pleads ignorance regarding historical context.
"The only subject he knew nothing about was sports," Mr. Bradley said.
But that's not the only subject we talk about.
About the only domestic subject on which Mr. Pearce and Mr. Smith clearly differ is taxes.
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