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Six example sentences with virtually, each labelled with its topic.
With the founder holding eighty percent of the shares, she virtually owns the company whatever the board minutes say.
Finance
Leading by thirty with two minutes left, the visitors had virtually won, though the clock refused to hurry.
Basketball
The two prints are virtually identical, and only the tiny date stamp in the corner tells you which came first.
Photography
With the count at ninety percent and a lead of forty thousand, the race was virtually over before midnight.
Politics
Virtually all of the island's food arrives by ship, so a single week of storms sends prices climbing.
Economics
The clause is virtually unenforceable, since it asks tenants to prove a negative that no court has ever accepted.
Law
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