Examples of 'all but a handful' in a sentence
Meaning of "all but a handful"
all but a handful: Refers to almost all or nearly everything except for a few selected items or individuals. It indicates that the majority is included, with only a small number excluded
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all but a handful
All but a handful are the names of men.
The fire devoured all but a handful of books.
All but a handful of countries forbid such executions.
And he ordered them stopped on all but a handful of patients.
All but a handful intend to vote in the referendum.
Here they were beyond the range of all but a handful of aircraft.
On all but a handful of occasions it was the closing song of a show.
The defense was denied permission to call all but a handful of witnesses.
All but a handful of her poems were unpublished in her lifetime.
Tariffs in most countries are now relatively low on all but a handful of products.
All but a handful of states have instituted net metering.
Even my solar array at home produces energy on all but a handful of days a year.
All but a handful of the remaining vacancies would be filled within the next few weeks.
And better than all but a handful of Germans.
All but a handful of the Texans were killed.
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His reporting took him to all but a handful of Asia countries.
All but a handful of culinary melon varieties belong to the species Cucumis melo I.
Approximately half are in Scandinavia and all but a handful of the remainder are in Europe.
In all but a handful of cases, the perpetrators of human rights violations have walked free.
The laws could have wiped out all but a handful of clinics between Georgia and Texas.
In all but a handful of cities, cold spells were more frequent in the 20th century.
We have searched the caves, the valleys and all but a handful of homesteads.
In the EU, all but a handful of countries back independence.
Due to the effects of decompression and oxygen deprivation, all but a handful are incapacitated.
And better than all but a handful of Germans, including me.
The air gap. Here they were beyond the range of all but a handful of aircraft.
Over the centuries, all but a handful of Popes have left the office by death.
However, Ms. Torres closes the sanctuary to all but a handful of visitors.
That 's more than all but a handful of routes in New York City.
In 1848, the proletariat was a small minority in all but a handful of countries.
IMF membership, which includes all but a handful of the world 's nations, can facilitate this cooperation.
I cleaned Europe out, all but a handful.
The Pequot ‘ War ' killed all but a handful of remaining members of the tribe . ”.
O Mine exports have been halted by all but a handful of mine-producing countries.
During a dramatic transition in the 1970s, all but a handful of men 's colleges started accepting women.
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