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The phrase "almost a fourth" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity that is nearly one-fourth of a whole, often in contexts involving measurements, statistics, or proportions.
Example: "The survey indicated that almost a fourth of the participants preferred option A over option B."
Alternatives: "nearly a quarter" or "close to one-fourth".
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The collectors are paid almost a fourth of the money they bring in.
This is far less than electronics, the most-stolen kind of cargo, which account for almost a fourth.
It was a lot of fun, and it was great to be on almost a fourth straight.
In art, it is almost a fourth primary, certainly more singular and inexplicable than purple and orange, its fellow tertiaries.
Caleb's unseen father is almost a fourth character in the play, a man who was both of the South and, because of his religion, apart from it.
The education cuts are almost a fourth of the roughly $850 million that Mr. Bloomberg has proposed cutting immediately from the city budget.
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In fact, it's almost a fourth-person economy, since between patient and provider there is insurer and employer.
Almost a fifth are female.
Nordstrom is down almost a third.
It's almost a third-world country.
Almost a third make the honor roll.
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