How native speakers pronounce “almost”

So I started streaming to about ten viewers at a time almost every day. Then one night after one of these live streams,

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

college but I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford and all of my workingclass

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life because almost everything all external expectations all

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

pancreas was the doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable and that I should

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

Moments like that, the joy's beyond belief. They’re so immense, they almost have to be one-offs. Some things have to exist at that scale to be truly appreciated.

Joy Will Find You — If You Let It | David Larbi | TED · TED

most found it hard when given the option almost half found it so hard that they chose to

Running

taking and marketing wildlife. We almost succeeded in exterminating the great whales, but now we know we need whales,

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

Sometimes I'm asked, "So what's the best place to go diving?" And I say, "Almost anywhere 50 years ago."

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

But then it starts to sound like this: "My 20s are almost over, and I have nothing to show for myself. I had a better résumé the day after I graduated from college."

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

That new piece of capital, that new person to date almost always comes from outside the inner circle. New things come from what are called our weak ties,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

I want you to spend the next 10 minutes being absurdly self-indulgent, which is advice I would almost never otherwise give people. I want you to not think about the things you can't control.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

Levels of loneliness and anxiety began to rise almost immediately in many countries simultaneously.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

they're on on a social media platform almost constantly, just throughout the day. And the main thing they're doing on

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

think about how other people are experiencing you. The way I do it is I almost envision myself having this out-of-body experience. Watching me through the eyes of others.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

And one of the things that they tell us, almost it's the most common thing we hear, we hear laughter

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

but they can do something about it. And I introduced a sequence that almost looks too simple until you watch it work.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

has changed the way I live my life more than this. My train rides are almost never silent anymore. I met amazing people on planes and in cabs.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

It is the most frequently turned off tumor suppressor gene in almost every kind of cancer. But we didn't learn about it from common cancers.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

and he had been admitted to the hospital to begin chemotherapy. It was almost midnight when I got to his room. He was asleep, but I found his mother

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

in your physicians. Almost 20 billion times each year, a person walks into a doctor's office,

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

In the 1970s, psychoanalyst Samuel Dunkell proposed a curious, albeit almost completely unsubstantiated, theory that the position you sleep in reflects your personality.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

being driven by a ghost. Waymo: Almost there. Don't forget your phone, keys or wallet.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

The smaller cell became what we now call the mitochondria, the little powerhouse inside almost every complex cell on earth. That merger created an energy surplus so vast,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

that AI kills most of humanity in the next 20 years. Almost every hand went up. The people building these systems know how dangerous they are,

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

and blue is what Justice Barrett actually said at the argument. It's almost verbatim. So Harvey taught me peripheral vision:

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

Harvey even predicted Justice Gorsuch's separate opinion, striking down the tariffs, almost verbatim. Now I want to be precise about something.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

the world’s most common sleep disorder. Almost anything can cause the occasional restless night - a snoring partner,

What causes insomnia? - Dan Kwartler

there were no Chinese billionaires on the Forbes list, and almost 500 million people lived in extreme poverty. Fast forward 20 years, it's almost the opposite.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

and almost 500 million people lived in extreme poverty. Fast forward 20 years, it's almost the opposite. Almost 500 Chinese billionaires and no one living in extreme poverty.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

Fast forward 20 years, it's almost the opposite. Almost 500 Chinese billionaires and no one living in extreme poverty. That is not a coincidence.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

And nobody really got it. It's like, it's almost like you have to experience an agent. It's kind of hard to explain.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

people were having fun with it, people tried to hack it. And when my eyes were like, falling off almost, I exited the process, and I went to bed.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

and now they have a real product. And almost all of it was just done via the phone. In China,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

about a third of American teenagers send more than a hundred texts a day. And many of them, almost most of them, are more likely to text their friends than they are to talk to them face to face.

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

And so they're not fully humanizing another person because they're almost seeing that person as a tool to fulfill their sense of self.

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

and that everybody's untrustworthy. So they almost see other people as threats, so they don't fully humanize people for their beauty

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

Maya doubled down on her physical and mental health. She exercised almost every day, she ate healthy foods,

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

while I was working during the day and running at almost 10pm each night. It was a tough year, to say the least,

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

An approval mindset tap dances on our caveman brain and reminds us that belonging feels better than almost anything else. It explains why many of us,

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

when there's evidence that the homeowners are Black. The colleague on the call is, like, almost outraged. Like, "What? Is that a real thing? I can't believe this is happening."

3 Steps to Better Connect With Your Fellow Humans | Amber Cabral | TED · TED

or even that little mobile device we keep talking about, the technology you're using the most almost every day is this, your tush.

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED · TED

are no longer the behaviors that deal with the stress in our bodies. We are almost never chased by lions. Instead, our stressors are "The," capital T, capital F, "Future,"

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

by getting involved in administrative decisions, that's great, but that's almost never the case. The thing, number one, is to complete the stress response cycle.

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

if not concerning. It was almost as if they had made templates of who they thought that they should be.

3 Skills Every Middle School Boy Needs | Jerome Hunter | TED · TED

(Laughter) Almost everyone has repetitive negative thoughts, and life is too precious

Stress Resets, the Ultimate Mental Health Hack | Jenny Taitz | TED · TED

is something positive and alive that you can almost touch. For me, it's like stepping out of your social, skyscraper self

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

And all we're longing for is some blessed silence. I've been lucky enough for almost half a lifetime now, 34 years, to find a kind of pulsing silence

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

This face-to-face contact provides stunning benefits, yet now almost a quarter of the population says they have no one to talk to. We can do something about this.

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

There's a lot of talk about high blood pressure in the barbershop. That's because almost 40 percent of black men have it. That means that almost every single black man

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

That's because almost 40 percent of black men have it. That means that almost every single black man either has high blood pressure

Joseph Ravenell: How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED · TED

this is the piece I never forgot -- she said that there were moments where she would almost miss it, right? So, she's running to the house and she's looking for the paper

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

Not catching a wave. paddling extremely hard and almost catching a wave

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

and the tank tops and realized almost none of my clothes actually needed to be folded. And I haven't folded any of it since.

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

I've been in a unique position to see this happen from the inside. It's almost paralyzing. I constantly feel how my own language is being affected,

Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED · TED

It has a very mysterious surface of both capabilities and fragilities. And we understand almost nothing about how it works. I would like a deeper scientific understanding of intelligence.

Can AI Match the Human Brain? | Surya Ganguli | TED · TED

designed to generate outputs in natural language in a way that almost mimics human communication. If you are wondering how we teach these AI systems to detect lies,

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

However, in the second experiment, FLAN-T5 dropped its accuracy to almost 50 percent. And then, surprisingly, in the third experiment,

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

And then, surprisingly, in the third experiment, FLAN-T5 rose back to almost 80 percent. But what does this mean?

What if AI Could Spot Your Lies? | Riccardo Loconte | TED · TED

I think we've been missing the forest through the trees when it comes to AI. We've been so focused, almost obsessed, on squeezing every bit of efficiency out of AI

Love, Trust and Marketing in the Age of AI | Amaryllis Liampoti | TED · TED

the mob does a pretty good job. Usually, the finalist almost certainly almost all the time, really, the finalists come from the top 200 captions.

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

again, and again. Five times in three years, I almost died from my disease. I'll never forget, during my third relapse,

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

targeted therapy, like, laser-focused therapies. And it's almost like you're saying, "No, we need to broaden it out again."

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

and not involving local communities or governments. Elsewhere in the West, where school meals were almost universal, they had issues of their own.

The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED · TED

Now, Newark had been on the top ten most violent city lists for almost 50 consecutive years. With a modest investment from local philanthropies,

The Grassroots Movement Transforming Public Safety | Aqeela Sherrills | TED · TED

Electric vehicle sales have doubled. Wind energy went up by almost 50 percent during his first term.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

of new energy came from renewable energy, and coal investments went down almost 20 percent. So there's good news and there's bad news.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

eighty percent of it comes from burning fossil fuels, and we should focus on adaptation as well, almost exclusively. Well, we need adaptation.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

The particulate air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels kills almost nine million people a year, costs almost three trillion dollars per year

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

kills almost nine million people a year, costs almost three trillion dollars per year from the burning of fossil fuels for both energy and petrochemicals.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

for clean energy, but almost 50 percent of the money flooding in for more fossil fuels.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

have already committed to reduce their own methane emissions by almost 90 percent by the end of this decade. And more than 150 countries

The Best Way to Lower Earth's Temperature — Fast | Daniel Zavala-Araiza | TED · TED

And because of us rebuffing a lot of those things, here we are almost five years later, and this work has really not only defined a lot of people's lives,

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

the defense industry has spent far too long handcrafting exquisite, almost impossible-to-build weapons. Meanwhile, China has studied how we fight.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

and firing on targets totally autonomously. Almost all of our ships are protected by close-in weapon systems that shoot down incoming mortars, missiles and drones.

The AI Arsenal That Could Stop World War III | Palmer Luckey | TED · TED

And then it was once a week. Now, it's almost every day. And the reason for this escalation is a combination of things.

How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED · TED

We now have the ability to create images that are almost indistinguishable from reality. Two, social media dominates the world

How to Spot Fake AI Photos | Hany Farid | TED · TED

But hasn't the ship already sailed? There are agents being released this year, almost as we speak. Yoshua Bengio: Right. If you look at the curve that I showed,

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

to create art in the style of specific human artists. Kelly's income fell by 33 percent almost overnight. Illustrators around the world report similar stories,

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

and most likely, this relationship won't be healthy either. Relationships that keep us addicted are almost always unhealthy, codependent, manipulative, even toxic.

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

"They reduce the expression of music to a mathematical system." It almost sounds like he's talking about AI, doesn't it? So is AI real music?

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

Effectively, they'd have been reaching forward in time and taking almost everything we have in order to enrich themselves. Now, obviously, that's not how they understood what they were doing.

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

it's not the same as camping by a lake but I find it almost as soothing

Slow Spaces

slowness feels like a deep tidal pull I found it incredibly soothing almost spiritual and I left even more determined to slow

Leisure

When we are excited about doing the work, we are intrinsically motivated. We care about the way almost as much as we are looking forward to the destination.

How to Set the Right Goals and Stay Motivated | Ayelet Fishbach | TED · TED

and then you take a big, loud slurp. Almost cartoonishly loud. This is because you want to spray the coffee all over your mouth.

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee | A.J. Jacobs

The house and everything in it burned, including almost everything that my dad had worked so hard to do and leave for us after he died.

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

What I found was that something really beautiful was going on. This is almost poetic. These were really profound experiences.

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

which is to figure out what makes people happy. It's so fun, it might almost seen a little frivolous, especially at a time where we're being confronted

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

is a huge part in how we extinguish and put out these fires. And I can almost hear you. You're like, "Oh, Amie" -- that's me, I'm Amie --

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

to solving some of the toughest problems we're facing. It's taken me almost a decade to figure this out. Pretty early on in my career,

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

and forming a group of 25. After almost two years of paperwork and waiting, we learned that our family would be arriving in Vancouver

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

CA: I've heard engineers say that they've had almost like religious-like moments with some of the new models where suddenly, they can do in an afternoon

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

we'll definitely make more in the future. On the whole, I think we have, over the last almost decade, it’s been a long time now,

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

And our research tells us that fighting is good for relationships, not bad. Julie: In our lab, we saw that almost all couples fight. In fact, how they fight in the first three minutes

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

with something we call harsh startup, which almost always includes criticism or contempt. The couples who fight right will bring up the issue

Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED · TED

that's tailored to what you need and who you know. And it's almost like the classic sort of examples about the misuse of data around, you know,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

Social media was dependent on advertising, and the core there is almost like, give the advertisers data that you've extracted

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

this is going to be a challenge for me, but sure, I'll do it for you. And I would almost act as though I was excited about it. So people-pleasing has showed up for me in multiple ways,

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

bad things will happen because bad things almost always do happen. But in reality, I just didn't know how to stand up for myself

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

but I do think it's interesting how you said that bad things almost always do happen. That's an interesting understanding of the world and life.

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED