Sentence examples for all but finished from inspiring English sources

The phrase "all but finished" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is almost completed but not quite there yet. For example, "The project is all but finished, we just need to review a few details before it's ready to go."

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But despite a few nervous moments, the city's all but finished $14.5 billion flood protection system seems to have worked.

Salazar was all but finished by his mid-twenties.

And then the financial crisis all but finished labor off.

Freaks all but finished Browning's Hollywood career; he would direct only four more films.

And when he left the new Capitol would be all but finished.

With Wacha in command, the 4-0 deficit all but finished the Dodgers.

Three games later, they were trailing by nine and all but finished.

But the prosecutors in Sacramento had all but finished their civil lawsuit against the bank.

On Friday, at last, the state's legendarily sluggish vote count is all but finished.

Without its South African base, Executive Outcomes was all but finished.

Then, mysteriously, she'd all but finished what she needed to say.

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