barely
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“Wages are barely keeping up with prices, and prices are just starting to heat up,” University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers said on X.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
You’re barely going to have any cash left over for one of their classy $60 garden gnomes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
More than 300 people showed up to proceedings held in a room with a seating capacity of barely 80.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
That would be Redick, who, barely one week after being lauded as the first Laker coach since Phil Jackson to manage consecutive 50-win seasons, now finds himself again fighting for credibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
How to smuggle food out of the house when there was barely enough to go round anyway; what to do about Hannie; and how on earth to process what I now knew about Hugo.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Vocabulary lists containing barely
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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