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"almost the only" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you have limited options and need to emphasize that there are very few remaining. For example, "We have almost the only remaining seat in the theater."
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It remains almost the only one.
Tourism is almost the only industry.
A long bench is almost the only set piece.
He was almost the only forester in America then.
Almost the only thing missing is R for refused.
But the workers who keep them swept and watered are almost the only pedestrians in sight.
Almost the only surprising thing about the scandal is Mr Cronje's involvement.
Almost the only thing planners did insist on was that a garage space was retained.
So almost the only plausible interpretation of the planned launch is that it is a provocation.
They are almost the only people in Verona not obsessed by breasts.
IT is almost the only Indian industry paid any serious attention.
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