Almost
Almost adjective - Being such only when compared to something else.
Set to
Both terms in one sentence
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Thomas Klestil, who had served almost 12 years as President of Austria, died from multiple organ failure just 2 days before he was set to retire.
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Real Trailer, Fake Movie: There is a trailer for a Mai-HiME movie with Arika as the main antagonist, which is apparently set to be released in almost eighteen millennia.
Source: Anime / Mai-HiME -
At the time it passed almost unnoticed, but in 1870, set to a catchy new tune, it became the theme song for the war on the German side.
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Set to or Almost. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/almost/set_to.
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