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The phrase "almost a sixth of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity that is nearly one-sixth of a whole or total amount.
Example: "The survey revealed that almost a sixth of the participants preferred option A over option B."
Alternatives: "nearly one-sixth of" or "approximately a sixth of".
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Ben Flower is almost a sixth of the way through his suspension.
They add up to more than 130 pages, almost a sixth of the book.
It makes up almost a sixth of the EU's population and economy, and around a fifth of its exports.
The country has 55 billionaires whose aggregate wealth of $250 billion is equivalent to almost a sixth of the nation's annual economic output.
If 50 of these mutineers were from the PD, that represents almost a sixth of Mr Renzi's party in the lower house.
It is almost a sixth of the UK total, yet from a population that is only a 20th of the whole UK's.
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The first was almost a third of the programme.
Trade subtracted almost a third of a percentage point.
Catalonia contributes almost a fifth of Spain's economic output.
Almost a tenth of the population was illiterate.
In June Zynga fired almost a fifth of its workforce.
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