pure and simple
Example Sentences
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This "constitutes, pure and simple, a form of cheating", the football governing body said at the time.
From BBC
In December 1886, Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, organizing only skilled workers and focusing on “pure and simple” unionism that rejected state intervention.
"The complaints went to head office to be dealt with. However, no one sees this as a head office problem; it's a Kent problem. Pure and simple."
From BBC
This, the body said, "constitutes, pure and simple, a form of cheating".
From BBC
“He is saying they follow the law pure and simple,” Shapiro said.
From Los Angeles Times
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