merely
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For a club that has spent more than two decades in constant turmoil, merely being back on the big stage felt like a moment worth savouring.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ms. Southon, a historian of Rome educated at the University of Birmingham, would justify this decision as a substantive strategy and not merely stylistic flair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
For every great Statham movie — “Spy,” “Snatch,” “Crank” and its even better sequel — he makes three clunkers that task him merely to scowl and punch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But she agreed that July’s dozens-fold repeat of the 2023 attack pointed to a failure to implement and audit CISA’s earlier guidance—guidance that, again, merely amounted to “Set better passwords.”
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Are merely the haystack. Designed to engage all our attention and make the needle within impossible to see.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing merely
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