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The phrase "add scant" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It can be used when instructing someone to include a small or limited amount of something, typically in cooking or measurement contexts.
Example: "For the recipe, you should add scant amounts of salt to enhance the flavor without overpowering the dish."
Alternatives: "add a pinch" or "include a small amount".
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If you want protection from a variety of elemental threats, you may want to go with something like the cases from Lifeproof, which add scant millimeters in thickness, but in addition to offering shock protection are also waterproof to six feet.
Add scant 1/2 cup water.
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But, he added, scant evidence of any romance could be found in the published correspondence between Freud and his sister-in-law, although some letters were intriguingly missing.
Transfer to a lightly oiled baking dish (1 1/2 to 2-quart), and add 1 scant cup of the broth.
Place the rice in a medium-size heavy saucepan and add a scant 2 cups cold bottled water.
Place a round in the palm of one hand, add a scant teaspoon of mincemeat, then draw the opposite edges together and pleat to make a Chinese dumpling.
Scatter five or so whole garlic cloves on top, add a scant cup of water or stock and bake them, covered, in a 400-degree oven for about 30 minutes.
The aim of this study was to add to scant evidence to date in this area by examining the characteristics associated with 8-year-old to 10-year-old participants in a school-based RCT wearing an accelerometer for the prespecified required time to be included in the trial analysis (≥8 h for ≥3 days).
He added a scant teaspoon of the pale green sansho, brought the mixture to a simmer and turned it off.
You can recycle the compost left over from pots of tomatoes by adding a scant hand of organic chicken manure or comfrey pellets.
U.S. employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December, the fewest in three years.
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