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What does all but mean?

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Adverb
  1. Very nearly.
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At the middle of the 20th century, the Wendish settlement was all but unknown except to a few historians.
The streets were all but empty throughout the day and apparently there was a high level of absenteeism.
However, in 1998, I changed my wayward behaviour and, within a few months, closed all but one account.
She was in her sixties and wore her thinning gray hair pulled back in a loose bun with all but a few strands secured by bobby pins.
They were all but exterminated by the Jedi a thousand years ago, but the evil order continued in secrecy.
These ISPs charged all but nine of the defendants as John Does at the time the suits were filed.

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