barely
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The category made up about 5% of typical U.S. investment portfolios and barely a tenth of MSCI’s All Country World Index.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
A gauge that measures average expected inflation rate over a five-year period beginning exactly five years from today has barely budged, up just 0.14% points since the war started.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
“We, as artists, are barely keeping a step ahead of the monster,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Household spending barely rose if inflation is taken into account.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
How to smuggle food out of the house when there was barely enough to go round anyway; what to do about Hannie; and how on earth to process what I now knew about Hugo.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Vocabulary lists containing barely
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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