bare bones
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Focaccia has become de facto sandwich bread or makeshift pizza crust elsewhere in Italy, but it tends to be bare bones in Genoa, where it has been made since the Middle Ages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
But there was no sound team, no makeup, no construction — just the bare bones of what it takes to make something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
Other operators he's spoken to "really are on their bare bones," as some ran out of Guinness on Friday night, he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
“There’s been an investment in education here, above and beyond bare bones, and it paid off,” he said.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ, is contractually obligated to broadcast the games but will do so in bare-bones fashion, with no commentary, punditry or advertising.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Numbers are rounded and intended to represent a comfortable lifestyle, rather than a bare-bones budget.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
It offloaded bare-bones models into rental fleets, sapping resale values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Launched in 1992, the company is responsible for the "Spirit Effect" in which bare-bones service opens up travel to a broader slate of customers otherwise priced out of the market.
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
They lived on bare-bones rations and were always hungry.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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