bare-bones
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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
Launched in 1992, the company is responsible for the "Spirit Effect" in which bare-bones service opens up travel to a broader slate of customers otherwise priced out of the market.
From Barron's ● May 9, 2026
Travelers are also waking up to the reality of how little may actually be included in that bare-bones economy fare.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
Domestic fliers traveling on bare-bones Basic Economy tickets will see even steeper fees starting next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
In consultation with Stimson, Truman decided to wait until the final day of the Potsdam conference and then treat Stalin to a bare-bones report.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
While Avast Secureline VPN provides the basics, its offering is pretty bare bones compared to other VPN services out there.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 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
But there was no sound team, no makeup, no construction — just the bare bones of what it takes to make something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
Only six weeks later would his whereabouts become known, and then only by the bare bones: he was at MIT, working on an unidentified “war project.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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