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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost a second" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a duration of time that is very close to one second but not quite there.
Example: "The reaction time was almost a second, which is impressive for such a complex task."
Alternatives: "nearly a second" or "just under a second".
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Nothing happened for almost a second.
Wasserstein regards her as almost a second mother.
"This is almost a second chance for me," said Blunkett.
"I sort of consider it almost a second office".
The next best split was almost a second slower.
It is, he has said, "the heart of my being, almost a second part of myself".
By then he had begun almost a second career as a panelist and commentator on television news programs.
Ennis finished almost a second behind the winner of the 200, Bianca Knight of the United States, in 23.55 seconds.
He finished 0.393 seconds faster than Rosberg, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel almost a second behind in third place.
But the Ward boys never forgot their expatriate childhood, or Hassan, who had been almost a second father to them.
But where the times had been close all through practice, Vettel was almost a second clear of Romain Grosjean's third-placed Lotus.
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