All but
All but adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Considering and all but are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Considering" instead an adverb phrase "All but".
Considering
Considering conjunction - For the reason that.
All but and considering are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "All but" instead an adverb "Considering".
Both terms in one sentence
- Given the above Word of God about Dave's hair, this is now all but explicitly Canonical, considering she and Dave are Paradox siblings.
Source: Fanon / Web Comics - Considering that at this point, all but the last few pages of the Arabian Nights have been sucked dry, this makes sense.
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He's not particularly fazed, but considering Piccolo's mere presences leaves all but two people on Earth pissing themselves, he gets points for effort.
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