barest
Example Sentences
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Pearl diving often relied on the barest necessities: a noseclip, leather finger covers and a basket to gather oysters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
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
I wonder why, in over a year of my being in a coma, she didn’t have time to make the barest of repairs.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
