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Example Sentences

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This isn’t merely a slogan; it’s a requirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Clarence Barron, this magazine’s founder, called investing “the application of money to practical ends,” as opposed to gambling, where “the gains of the successful merely offset the losses of the unsuccessful.”

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

"It's much more than merely delaying or preventing symptoms."

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Defensive wars don’t merely protect states, they also deform them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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