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as in barely
by a very small margin
was scarcely able to walk after the near-fatal accident
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as in no
certainly not
I scarcely think that one person being sick is an "epidemic"
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Recent Examples of scarcely
There was only one other store in Spring Bluff, Reed’s, and scarcely any other businesses.
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Joshua Sharpe
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the most significant finding in the survey presented by the Design Museum is one that the curators disregard in their presentation: The design of more-than-human design protocols has scarcely begun.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
As recently as 2019, the small Chinese arsenal scarcely factored into U.S. nuclear strategy.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Yet men scarcely use them (often for fear of ostracism) while women do—resulting in their careers being disrupted while men maintain traction to advance faster and further.
—Susan Rietano Davey, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for scarcely
Joshua Sharpe
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the most significant finding in the survey presented by the Design Museum is one that the curators disregard in their presentation: The design of more-than-human design protocols has scarcely begun.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
As recently as 2019, the small Chinese arsenal scarcely factored into U.S. nuclear strategy.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Yet men scarcely use them (often for fear of ostracism) while women do—resulting in their careers being disrupted while men maintain traction to advance faster and further.
—Susan Rietano Davey, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for scarcely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarcely
Adverb
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And while that should be central to conversations about tourism, it has barely been mentioned.—
Wilson Santiago Burgos,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Breakthrough technologies—such as real-time watershed monitoring or nutrient and plastic pollution control, to name a few—barely register with investors.—
Eyal Harel,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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And a Wi-Fi connection in a hotel is never guaranteed, no matter what the property description says.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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But no matter how the rest of this season shakes up, the two foes are set to meet for another historic clash next year.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Trump has been nominated for the prize several times Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in the past but has never won.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Kohn reminded residents that FEMA crews will wear official logos and badges and will never ask for money.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Hired at just 19 without even a driver’s license, Paula became a fixture in the company, left briefly in her twenties, and returned when she was needed most.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump had just spent several hours in meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven other leaders from Europe who had come along in a frantic effort to shore up U.S. support for the Ukrainian position.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
19 Aug. 2025
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From there, consider the positive energy implications of the data center expansion that can hardly be limited to Kansas City.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Attitude, atmosphere, unity, quality; in all of these areas, Liverpool brought the best out of Newcastle, yet the consequences could hardly have been much worse.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Scarcely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarcely. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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