The phrase "almost every third" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a frequency or occurrence that happens nearly every third instance in a sequence.
Example: "In the survey, almost every third participant reported feeling satisfied with the service."
Alternatives: "nearly every third" or "approximately every third".
Of Frankfurt's more than 600,000 residents, almost every third person living here does not hold a German passport, and many of the most isolated are women like Mrs. Tahir.
The Liberal Democrats have now backed the transparency of lobbying, non-Party campaigning, and trade union administration bill, which is being roundly denounced by almost every third sector body and trade union as a sinister attempt to gag independent organisations in campaigning around political parties in election periods.
It shows almost every third Hindu (30percentt) admitted to the practice.
Home visits were made in almost every third case to reduce selection bias.
Table 2 clearly points out that almost every third farm keeping SWA sheep had lambs affected with entropion in the last two years.
The health of the primary caregiver was assessed as bad by less than 5%, but almost every third respondent ranked it as less well (28%).
Travis Hamonic was penalized for tripping Richards with 2 minutes 4 seconds left in overtime, and the Rangers needed almost every second to score on the power play.
To complicate matters, the house needed extensive renovations, and he's spent almost every second that he hasn't been at work over the last four years doing construction.
And city officials were hard pressed to demonstrate that any particular policy change caused the leap in scores in almost every seventh grade across the city.
There's a grid of pretty shopping streets where almost every second address offers something tasty to eat or drink; the sea glimmers and above, Monte Brazil – the remnants of a volcano – is an essay in green.
