just barely
Example Sentences
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The S&P Global U.S. services index slipped to 50.9 in May from 51.0 in the prior month, leaving it just barely above the cutoff point between expansion and contraction.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
The 2025 box office ended up reaching about $8.87 billion, just barely above 2024’s already dismal total.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
But there’s almost nothing in “Galaxy” that even rises to the level of an attempted gag, and the movie is notably weaker than “The Super Mario Bros,” which was just barely watchable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
When I started writing, around 2003, at a small self-published feminist blog, I had just barely declared myself a feminist.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Players rolled their bowl—a heavy ball you could just barely hold in one hand—so that it ended up as close as possible to a smaller white ball, called the jack.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
