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Noun
The barely-there shoes, which seemed to be heeled, elevated the capris without pushing the outfit into traditional cocktail dressing.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
14 June 2026 Perhaps that is why there are many pink nail shades that simply never go out of style, such as legendary barely-there hues like Ballet Slippers and Bubble Bath, as well as more modern polishes that go beyond sheer baby pink.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2024 The Cavaliers could be one of those happy-to-be-there teams, where two or three wins in the first round might sate them.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2023 The Groundwork Pace shorts have a generous 7-inch inseam and a barely-there silicone band around the bottom inside of each leg to help hold them in place, and the high rise and wide, flat waistband means these are cemented to your body as the trail miles add up.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for there
The Cruel Intentions star was showered with love in the comments section.
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Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
In Paris, the heat upended peak tourist season, forcing the Louvre to close two hours early, the Eiffel Tower to shut ahead of schedule, and other major attractions to shorten hours or close sections, Euronews reported.
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Kelly McGreal , Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Even those who might play mostly digital recognize the anti-consumer nature of the change, which doesn’t benefit players in the least and is only upside for Sony (well, minus the reputational blow).
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
And with significantly more cap space than talent, well … mistakes were made.
It was directed at outfielder Juan Soto, the Washington Nationals star who is suddenly and famously on the trading block and could be headed to you-know-where.
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Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
22 July 2022
The plot is a little messy and undisciplined, throwing into the second act a few wait-where-did-that-come-from incidents that may have been lifted from the book, but are baffling in the play.
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Rod Stafford Hagwood,
sun-sentinel.com,
24 Aug. 2019
One of the broad areas the fund is focused on is insurance, Niven said, naming broker and reinsurer Aon and Canadian insurer Intact Financial as two of its holdings in the sector.
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Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
Some 85% of Americans identify as a fan, according to Susan Kresnicka, a cultural anthropologist who studies fandom in the corporate sector.