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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost a hundred" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when approximating a quantity that is close to one hundred but not exactly that number.
Example: "There were almost a hundred people at the event last night."
Alternatives: "nearly a hundred" or "around a hundred".
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This book remained in print for almost a hundred years.
"In 2001, it was almost a hundred seats.
Todd's version weighed almost a hundred pounds more.
Almost a hundred officers were wounded, several seriously.
They still work fine, after almost a hundred years".
Almost a hundred people died in July alone, the most murderous month of Northern Ireland's "Troubles".
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Almost a hundred years after its publication, general relativity remains a highly active area of research.
For almost a hundred years they have lived under a one-party state.
Then the company spent almost a hundred million dollars more to remodel the restaurants.
His state-of-the-art treatment costs almost a hundred thousand dollars a year.
By the end of the evening, the proceeds totalled almost a hundred and forty thousand dollars.
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