just barely
Example Sentences
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The S&P Global U.S. services index slipped to 50.9 in May from 51.0 in the prior month, leaving it just barely above the cutoff point between expansion and contraction.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
The 2025 box office ended up reaching about $8.87 billion, just barely above 2024’s already dismal total.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
When I started writing, around 2003, at a small self-published feminist blog, I had just barely declared myself a feminist.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Their task was to adjust the volume until each sound was just barely audible over the noise.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026
You could just barely smell the perfume that had once been in there.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
