Sentence examples for almost at a tie from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "almost at a tie" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where two or more competitors are very close in score or performance, but not exactly equal.
Example: "In the final minutes of the game, the score was almost at a tie, with both teams having scored 98 points."
Alternatives: "nearly tied" or "close to a tie".

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As Donald Tump's poll numbers shoot up in Texas, putting him almost at a tie with conservative rival and Texan Ted Cruz, Trump's stated desire to make a national registry for Muslims in the US and general anti-Muslim rhetoric may be seeing real-world ramifications.

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"It's almost a tie," Malloy admitted.

Of course, because it is almost a tie race, and because this is a tactic (or, to be blunt, a "gimmick"), it could actually be used by either side at this point.

Traffic was almost at a standstill.

Right now, the polls there show almost an exact tie.

According to a chart showing internal polling results from mid-July to the end of the race, which was viewed by HuffPost, Blue Labs never had McAuliffe up by more than 3 points, and its numbers showed the race almost tied at a few different times.

The final whistle blew, Mancini muttered about the red card, and Ferguson complained at the carelessness of his team that almost turned a victory into a tie.

Almost every family in Britain has a tie that binds them to America.

If (mathit{cv}_{ij} gg 1) then communication is very bursty, with large untypical periods of time in which users didn't communicate (see for example tie B in Figure 1), while if (mathit{cv}_{ij} ll 1), communication was very regular, happening almost at the same time intervals (see tie A in Figure 1).

So Dayak or not, almost everyone ties a red ribbon to his car these days.

In the case of a tie, choose at random.

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