barest
Example Sentences
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MarketWatch Picks: My Social Security benefits ‘were cut to the barest minimum’ after I retired.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 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
But Snowden kept shaking his head and pointed at last, with just the barest movement of his chin, down toward his armpit.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
