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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are only poor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where individuals or groups are characterized solely by their lack of wealth or resources.
Example: "Despite their hard work and dedication, they are only poor, struggling to make ends meet."
Alternatives: "merely impoverished" or "just financially struggling".
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There are only poor ones".
Then we have Edwina Currie, claiming poor people are only poor because they have tattoos.
Tonton André takes her to a good hospital in Kigali for checkups, and Papa and our other relatives contribute money to help them, because both of them are only poor primary-school teachers.
They have struggled without him but it is far to easy to say City are only poor at the back when Kompany is not playing.
For example, a person is considered poor if they make less than $11,490, but two-person households are only poor if they combine to make $15,510, not $22,980.
We used phylogenetic analyses to identify gene transfers, as similarity searches are only poor indicators of such events [ 122].
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He joined what became the longest-lived band in bluegrass in 1970 and never took another job; it was only poor health that forced him, earlier this year, to retire.
In spite of the fact that M dwarfs are so valuable as transiting exoplanet hosts, there were only poor constraints on the fundamental properties of the nearby M dwarfs, until recently.
It would be one thing if my service was only poor a few times a year.
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