only just
Example Sentences
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There was also a boom in U.S. mergers and acquisitions, only just surpassed in the past four quarters in dollar value.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
She is unsubtly telling Maine voters that this gravy train has only just left the station.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
Britain had only just abandoned rationing; in California, swimming pools weren't luxuries - just a way of life.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
CrowdStrike sank 4.3% after the cybersecurity company’s first-quarter earnings only just beat expectations, leading to investors taking some profit following a stellar run for shares.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
He argued then that the time had come for racial justice advocates to shift from a civil rights to a human rights paradigm, and that the real work of movement building had only just begun.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
