barest
Example Sentences
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Greenspan exhibited a deft touch with financial markets, saying the barest minimum in his statements but seemingly always conveying what traders wanted to hear.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
Before the tray goes into the oven, I dust everything with the barest whisper of cardamom.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025
It's a world away from old school royal releases which stuck to the barest of details and stayed as dry as the desert.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
One theory is that men just aren’t taught about the finer points of hygiene—that because cleanliness is dismissed as a feminine trait, parents give boys only the barest instruction in why and how to clean.
From Slate • May 17, 2024
Keenan gave me only the barest details about this mission.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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