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
Promotional materials for Neighbors First are mostly bare bones.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 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
If you have already cut your budget to the bare bones, it may be time for another tactic: negotiation.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024
When Brekker finished explaining the bare bones of the situation, Rollins shrugged and said, “You got double-crossed. You want my advice, give Kuwei to Van Eck and be done with it.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Numbers are rounded and intended to represent a comfortable lifestyle, rather than a bare-bones budget.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Team Griffin, she says, is a very bare-bones operation.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 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
Realism is achieved not through bare-bones scenic furniture but through the combustible relationships of characters who exist with one another in a purgatory of disillusionment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
They lived on bare-bones rations and were always hungry.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
