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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are barely more" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare two quantities or qualities, indicating that one is only slightly greater than the other.
Example: "The new model's features are barely more advanced than those of the previous version."
Alternatives: "are just slightly more" or "are hardly more".
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A few of these stories are barely more than vignettes.
Flights to Brussels and other European capitals are barely more convenient.
But apparently writers and entertainers are barely more willing than politicians to admit their non-belief.
Today there are barely more than half as many volunteers worldwide as there were during Shriver's final year.
Burma's civilian leaders, including the country's acclaimed Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, are barely more sympathetic.
Mr. Khosla invests when start-ups are barely more than an idea, and expects many of them to fail.
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By 2010, its share was barely more than one-eighth.
The latest Impreza is barely more numerous than a dodo.
Between songs, Mathis is barely more than monosyllabic onstage.
The mayor is barely more than an influential figurehead.
The heroine is barely more relieved than the reader.
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