purely

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"I think City will have the edge on that, just purely the manager and players they've got. They will be able to stay a little calmer than the Arsenal players," said Rooney.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Analysts question whether luxury’s slowdown is purely cyclical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

But Beijing has crossed a meaningful threshold: it’s no longer treating births as purely a social concern.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Upcoming galaxy surveys, cosmic microwave background studies, and gravitational wave detectors are reaching the sensitivity needed to examine ideas that were once purely theoretical.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

This was the woman whose dark spirits and demons terrified people everywhere at just their mention, the woman who controlled armies of dragons purely by the strength of her own magic.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley