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The phrase "almost indicate" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used when suggesting that something is close to suggesting or hinting at a particular idea or conclusion, but it is better to use clearer alternatives.
Example: "The data almost indicates a trend, but further analysis is needed to confirm it."
Alternatives: "suggests" or "implies".
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Before fossils of the carpal knob were found, Strickland noted that the keel of the sternum of the Rodrigues solitaire was so well-developed as to almost indicate it had possessed the power of flight; however, since the humerus was very short he inferred that this was instead related to Leguat's claim that they used their wings for defence.
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Taken together, major phyla and genera of bacteria related to fiber digestion and food fermentation were almost indicating that captive sika deer in our study had the more diverse bacterial communities and abundant sources of food.
Context will almost always indicate to a reader which meaning to take, the professor asserted.
In vitro studies and some animal studies almost always indicate an absence of antagonism when caspofungin is combined with azole or polyene antifungal agents.
These noises usually start without warning, but they almost always indicate something is wrong.
Bitter flavors almost universally indicate toxicity.
Distant metastases almost always indicate primary tumor unresectability.
PRL levels above 200 ng/ml almost always indicate the presence of a lactotroph adenoma [ 55].
Participants use a four-point response scale ranging from "almost never" to "almost always", indicating the extent to which they experience each emotion.
The constants for the addition of first and second substrate molecules are almost equal indicating that each nucleobase is coordinated, almost independently, by one metal ion of [Zn2L]4+.
The curves for FPG and HbA1c are almost similar, indicating that FPG and HbA1c have almost the same ability to detect future diabetes.
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