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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at barely" is not correct and does not work in written English.
It is not a standard expression and may confuse readers.
Example: "He was at barely enough time to catch the train."
Alternatives: "just about" or "only just".
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At the time, its shares were priced at barely 50p.
Poignant and humbling but also, at barely 80 minutes, overextended.
Scratching at barely visible stains with small paper pads.
But at barely 6 feet tall, he lacks ideal size.
They came at barely more than two an over, a dreadful advertisement for drop-in pitches.
Now she was uprooting him again, at barely 10, and sending him back, alone.
In February, support for the propositions was running at barely 30%.
At barely a month old, it already evokes a feeling of having been lived in.
He is, at barely 5 foot 6, among the smallest players in the league.
Yet at barely 0.1% of GDP, that is more symbolic than substantial.
The film is short compared to Marvel Studios' output, at barely more than 90 minutes.
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