merely
Example Sentences
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Kebede said schools would struggle to fund an increase in teachers' pay of even 2% next year from their budgets, and the inclusion fund would "merely soften the blow of underfunding".
From BBC
NBC merely needed to wait until our yearning for respite and distraction became so acute as to make us thirsty for harmony.
From Salon
Did the organization merely get lucky, again and again?
The crash was merely the latest instance in which his career has been disrupted by a moment behind the wheel.
"What I always say to clients is that buying a castle is not merely a transaction - it is an act of stewardship," he said.
From BBC
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