scant

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To their initial astonishment, they have attracted a far wider viewership spanning all ages, even followers who hitherto had only scant interest in ballet.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Cork actor Hardwicke told the same programme he knew scant details about the Northern Bank robbery, before he read the script.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

They dropped to a scant 190,370 last week and touched a five-month low.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

His daughter shared the basic information she had—offering scant clues, like how her dad wouldn’t wash the kelp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

His neatly clipped black hair, silvery about the temples with scant patches of grayness, reminded me of my father’s head ten years before, those dense shines of hair.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee