Forty years ago it barely existed in anything other than name.

As for hard work, he said, the concept barely exists.

But, as you will have noticed, my government barely exists.

The last two barely existed when the department was formed in 1977.

She kept the air, so thin it barely existed, deep in her lungs.

As a shaping force in the national culture, they barely exist.

But both circles, as such, barely exist today, though individual members are very active.

To much of the art world, these collectives barely exist.

Some of them came from neighborhoods that barely exist anymore.

Fashion itself would barely exist in these times without recycling.