scarcely
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Yet A House of Dynamite could scarcely be timelier.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
With scarcely a right angle, and therefore no fixed point for my eyes to rest, the interior kept giving me differing impressions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
His large band, squeezed onto a stage scarcely longer than two kayaks laid end to end, is composed almost entirely of Haitian preachers’ kids raised in the country’s gospel tradition.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
The 43-year-old reiterated to his players the importance of approaching their trip to face fourth-tier opposition with the right mentality, but his words could scarcely have prepared them for the messy reality on the ground.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Among the combatant nations in Europe, there was scarcely a family that had not lost a son, a brother, or a father.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing scarcely
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
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The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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