scantly

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Recent Examples of scantly But Korean pop music has scantly been recognized in the larger pop or general categories at the Grammys. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
  • Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Use Preparation Methods That Maintain Benefits Research indicates that the healthiest ways to prepare oats involve starting with whole or minimally processed oats and using methods that maintain significant amounts of beta-glucan.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 26 June 2026
Adverb
  • More state complaints and a lawsuit have been filed in the last two weeks against a Boca Raton psychiatrist accused of asking female patients to dress scantily and show their breasts during video appointments.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • The job post comes from Joi, which hosts a large catalog of online chatbots, many of them scantily clad women.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
Adverb
  • Everyone is over the moon with the experience, especially Aesha, who can barely contain her happiness; the night set the bar very high for the rest of the season.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • But as JuJu Watkins took her place in front of a microphone for the first time since returning to practice this summer, the USC superstar barely could contain her gratitude.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Adverb
  • Like Alito’s paisanes, my Mexican family was also demonized for supposedly being insufficiently American and posing a threat to national unity.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • At times, some groups may feel overlooked or insufficiently welcomed, reminding us that inclusion is a value that must continually be expanded and reaffirmed.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Adverb
  • Dollar dominance has provided Washington with tools of statecraft that previous great powers could scarcely imagine.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • The launch was scarcely announced in advance, Ars reports.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Adverb
  • Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • According to François Godard, a media and telecoms analyst at Enders Analysis, the $71B Disney-Fox deal from late last decade, which was waved through by the EU but examined minutely, sets the closest recent precedent for Hollywood M&A in the continent.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.
    Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Scantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scantly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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