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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost straight away" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something happens very soon after a particular event or action, but not immediately.
Example: "After I sent the email, I received a response almost straight away."
Alternatives: "right away" or "immediately after".
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You feel stupid almost straight away.
And it does indeed feel right almost straight away.
"I'd hooked him almost straight away," she thinks.
Botha comes in and leaves almost straight away.
"If someone can do that, you would be putting them in the team almost straight away.
She became pregnant almost straight away, "but unfortunately I had a miscarriage, which was awful".
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Arsenal returned energised – these things are relative – and almost scored straight away, Forster again outstanding.
Camp's replacement Darryl Flahavan almost conceded straight away when Martin's free-kick beat his dive but bounced away off the post.
Early root growth in both ground controls and flight plants of both ecotypes was almost perfectly straight away from the light, as shown in the images of 5 day ground control and flight plants in Figure 4A and 4B, respectively.
Don't you just love the World Cup? 22 min Uruguay almost hit back straight away.
Tottenham almost hit back straight away but Gareth Bale could only fire straight at the keeper after finding some space in the box.
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