barest

Example Sentences

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Greenspan exhibited a deft touch with financial markets, saying the barest minimum in his statements but seemingly always conveying what traders wanted to hear.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

This locks in the legitimacy of its Christmas entertainment designation by the barest of definition.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024

It's a world away from old school royal releases which stuck to the barest of details and stayed as dry as the desert.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

One theory is that men just aren’t taught about the finer points of hygiene—that because cleanliness is dismissed as a feminine trait, parents give boys only the barest instruction in why and how to clean.

From Slate • May 17, 2024

He was working sixteen-hour days, but security meant that he could only tell her the barest details about what he was doing.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield