scarcely
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But taking the exams abroad is scarcely affordable for many Iranians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest non-profit health group, has veered from its charitable mission and is now scarcely distinguishable from a corporation keenly focused on its bottom line, according to critics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Having inherited a degree of prosperity unknown to earlier generations, they need scarcely understand the economic freedom, enterprise, risk and discipline that produced it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Quite suddenly — and scarcely more than two years after their triumphant American debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” — the group dominated nearly every quadrant of the consumer age range.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Mr. Poe was scarcely at home, because he was very busy attending to the Baudelaire affairs, and when he was home he was often coughing so much he could barely have a conversation.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
Vocabulary lists containing scarcely
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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