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hardly

[hahrd-lee] / ˈhɑrd li /


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These are recurring operating expenses that analysts covering Broadcom dutifully ignored, and they were hardly alone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

In fact, there has hardly been any discussion of local issues.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

You would like to increase your liquidity, but you are hardly in a position of financial fragility.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

“Although this signals that the U.S. has rebounded from the devastating losses that occurred during the pandemic, returning to 2019 conditions hardly puts us out of the woods.”

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

IN the dark we roar wildly through some trees that come so close to the trail the sled seems hardly to fit through.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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