merely
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But the benefits of merely maximizing AI usage have been unclear, with instances such as Uber burning through their entire 2026 AI budget in four months, without shipping a usable feature.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Since each trading system has its own stops and targets, it is possible that these can still profit without merely offsetting each other.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Or is space-time — the manifold of all the events that happen throughout eternity — merely something that occurs?
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Maybe L.A. voters took pity on visitors to their grungy city who are required to pay a surcharge merely to hail an Uber from Los Angeles International Airport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The rock that formed this side of the gap was not, as she had thought, a part of the cave itself, but merely a tongue of stone that jutted from the earth floor.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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