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Discover Ludwig"barely support" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to express that a situation only just provides enough resources or support to enable something to happen or continue. For example: "The small town could barely support the new cafe, so it closed after only six months."
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He can barely support himself on unsteady legs.
As a single mother, she could barely support one child.
The planet Prokaryon can barely support human life.
Her income can barely support our large family.
His mother can barely support herself and his stepbrothers and sisters.
In North Carolina, the average teacher salary can barely support a family.
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Ms. Burla has not found a job, barely supporting the family with intermittent private teaching.
DHS is barely supporting long-term research, with a mere $1.5 million of its $1 billion science and technology budget.
I also pay $200 a month for health insurance and bills on top of barely supporting myself.
"I'm staying on this farm, but it barely supports me and not very well," the younger Mr. Shields said.
His translations and magazine writings barely supported him; a letter to Cave is signed "impransus," signifying that he had gone without dinner.
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