bare-bones
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It offloaded bare-bones models into rental fleets, sapping resale values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Now they are bringing some of the restrictions of their cheapest, bare-bones basic economy tickets to their high-end cabins, where seats can run thousands of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
As a no-frills carrier, Spirit adds pressure on larger airlines, which have responded with bare-bones "basic economy" offerings, according to Brueckner.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Raspberry Pi computers are so bare-bones that they don’t even have a case for them.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026
In the isolation of the desert, in close working conditions at a bare-bones facility with ramshackle dormitories, the Muroc computers stepped easily into the role of junior engineers.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Focaccia has become de facto sandwich bread or makeshift pizza crust elsewhere in Italy, but it tends to be bare bones in Genoa, where it has been made since the Middle Ages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
While Avast Secureline VPN provides the basics, its offering is pretty bare bones compared to other VPN services out there.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Down to the bare bones due to a host of injuries, Roma moved into third thanks to quickfire late goals from Manu Kone and Matias Soule which broke Sassuolo's brave resistance.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
But there was no sound team, no makeup, no construction — just the bare bones of what it takes to make something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
Mudd told the soldiers the bare bones of what had happened: Two strangers on horseback arrived near daybreak, one had a broken leg, and he set the bone.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
