merely
Example Sentences
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It’s tempting to treat this episode as merely humorous.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
You are merely looking at your marriage from two different vantage points.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Japan should stop viewing foreigners merely as a temporary labour force and instead promote their long-term settlement by expanding Japanese-language education and improving their treatment," it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
To some, marketing engineer is merely the latest on that conveyor belt of titles: a regular marketer dressed up in the AI fashion of the day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Later that very day, investors in the collapsed Bear Stearns hedge funds were informed that their $1.6 billion in triple-A-rated subprime-backed CDOs had not merely lost some value, they were worthless.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing merely
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