Sentence examples for almost outright from inspiring English sources

A high court judge has ruled that Northern Ireland's almost outright ban on abortion breaches the human rights of women and girls, including rape victims.

Alexander and Murray (Wash). have been in negotiations over ways to stabilize the ACA markets ever since Republicans lost their bid to repeal, almost outright, the 2010 health-care law.

That said, we do work with and for marketing companies from time to time -- but it's telling that the only project I can remember rejecting almost outright was advertising for big pharma.

"While economists from different perspectives will differ on these fundamental issues," says Professor Friedman in an initial response to mainstream economists that rejected his new deal plan almost outright (such as Krugman), "we have experience in the United States that demonstrates the lasting effect of government stimulus spending.

Thus the most stringent test there is should be chosen: namely outright, or almost outright, prohibition.

What about outright taxation?

In other words, Roberts is defining "quid pro quo" corruption almost as outright bribery, which Congress can outlaw.

It is almost an outright sale". Ronaldo Pinto, who is president of the supporters group Hawks of the Faithful, added: "We are against it because we think that only a Corintiano should be in charge of Corinthians.

I almost prefer outright sexism, because at least that you can point out".

We throw out to the group, "Who has an idea of what we should use for an average yearly rate of return?" When a volunteer suggests using a 6% average annual rate of return for the next 20 years it was met with almost an outright mutiny.

Elsewhere, new-wave life-writing has pushed speculation beyond the limits of the documents until it almost slips into outright fiction.