merely
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For a club that has spent more than two decades in constant turmoil, merely being back on the big stage felt like a moment worth savouring.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But that merely gives his deep-rooted oddness a patina of the normal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
But both illustrate how valuable it has become for food companies to arrive earlier — to understand appetite not merely after a preference has been expressed, but while it is still taking shape.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
But she agreed that July’s dozens-fold repeat of the 2023 attack pointed to a failure to implement and audit CISA’s earlier guidance—guidance that, again, merely amounted to “Set better passwords.”
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
She had come to think it was out of friendship, for he had been distinctly helpful to them on several occasions—but had he merely been spying on them all along?
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing merely
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