merely
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Understandably, some may feel that Martinez's actions were not particularly violent, but this is merely the red-card category into which all hair pulls are assigned, irrespective of the level of force.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
For example, lying isn’t merely uttering a falsehood.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
While U.S. regulators and investors grow alarmed over the insurance industry’s exposure to private credit, Europe’s financial services sector is merely grappling with imported anxieties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Roberts wondered whether that phrasing itself suggested confusion, either by counsel or by the trial judge, about whether the objection was then being made or merely marked for later elaboration.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
For example, you know far more than Lord Fredrick does about the curse upon the Ashtons, for he thinks it is merely going to make his baby embarrassingly wolfish during the full moon.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing merely
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