Synonyms for all but
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1. all butadverb

   Synonyms:
   nearly, almost, nigh on

2. all butadverb

   Very nearly.

   The food is all but finished.

   Synonyms:
   almost, nearly, nigh on

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1. Amnesty International:

   ADX itself has ... become almost entirely a 'lock-down' facility in which prisoners are locked in solitary cells for all but a few hours a week.

2. Bryn Mickle:

   I don't want in any way to give this impression that Flint was a beautiful mecca that had solved all its problems, that's not the case at all. But I will say there were a lot of bright spots, and there was a real feeling there was a renaissance going on.

3. Next Harry:

   I have some of my closest friends here over the years and I came here in '97, '98 straight after my mum died, so it was a nice place to get away from it all. But now I feel deeply connected to this place and to Africa.

4. Zaman Ali:

   To know and have it all is about individuality because each one has the right not to live under the mercy of anyone with more power. So, for freedom and protection, one desires to know and have it all, but the questions remain.

5. Russell Baker:

   Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.