purely
Example Sentences
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As Mr. McPhee notes, resurrectionists “performed the service illegally, immorally, and purely for the money, but it was a service nonetheless.”
"This is a big game, purely because we're walking out there representing England," he said.
From Barron's
U.S. officials denied that, saying the proposed antidumping duties were set according to purely technical criteria.
Even if Chinese military action in the region is unlikely in the near term, such signals are a reminder that Beijing’s ambitions are no longer purely economic, said Leland Lazarus, a Miami-based risk consultant.
Khounganian sought to have Uber’s case against him dismissed, with his attorneys calling it in one court filing “a lawsuit designed purely for tabloid effect with no meaningful effort at substance.”
From Los Angeles Times
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