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mere

adjective as in nothing more; absolute

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While actual life on Pluto is highly unlikely, the mere presence of the ingredients for life is quite remarkable.

Taste buds can turn food from mere fuel into a memorable meal.

Some of the disclosure documents the sellers turned over were based on mere visual inspections of the site.

Thompson said the high-rise would only need a $10,000 power wash, a claim that came from a mere visual inspection of the site and offered by one of the sellers.

The description came directly from one of the seller’s reports, which was based on a mere visual inspection of the site.

These matters are not mere threats to abstract constitutional principles.

Her Miss America win transcended mere superficial beauty standards.

Scalise spoke about taxes and government slush funds for a mere 15 minutes, Knight said.

Business questions are raised—who starts a PE firm and bails on it in a matter of mere months?

Human vision is as close as we mere mortals will ever come to having a genuine superpower.

All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.

All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.

And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?

He said no more in words, but his little blue eyes had an eloquence that left nothing to mere speech.

The real experience has a magnetism of its own and will win above mere technicality whenever it has the opportunity.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mere, such as: bare, minor, pure, sheer, simple, and common.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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