bare-bones
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Team Griffin, she says, is a very bare-bones operation.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Myhan had a bare-bones profile until he was laid off from a customer-success role in December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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
As a no-frills carrier, Spirit adds pressure on larger airlines, which have responded with bare-bones "basic economy" offerings, according to Brueckner.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
When they'd first started visiting him here—after the divorce, but before Richie—their dad's duplex had been a bare-bones bachelor pad.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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
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
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
