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Across India, heat is increasingly arriving not merely as high temperatures but as a combination of heat and humidity that places greater stress on the human body.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Banknotes were merely promises to pay money, i.e., credit, not the monetary real McCoy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
“He was not the leader in the hunger and the labor strike. He was merely a participant in it in support of what was going on. They lied,” she said.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
You’re not out to fleece anyone with egregiously high commissions or merely befriend another member because you want to flog the latest financial product.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
“Ten . . . twenty . . . thirty . . .” The children were excellent counters, which merely underscored how very many pieces of correspondence were already on hand.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing merely
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