barely
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Friends told the BBC that, as the relationship progressed, they went from seeing her daily to barely at all.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Programs from all kinds of events—an early Madonna concert; memorial services for Keith Haring and Abbie Hoffman—that I barely remembered attending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
She is a street vendor from East Hollywood who barely makes ends meet in this expensive city.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
The Bloomberg Commodity Index is up 21% this year, but the U.S. consumer-price index has barely moved.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The scrape on my calf is so faint I can barely see it now.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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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