bare-bones
Example Sentences
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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
A: The chair drafted a bare bones skeleton of a treaty.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 25, 2024
If you have already cut your budget to the bare bones, it may be time for another tactic: negotiation.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
"I imagine we can get going within the next month or so with a bare bones team and set of machinery and tools," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024
Only six weeks later would his whereabouts become known, and then only by the bare bones: he was at MIT, working on an unidentified “war project.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
