simply

Example Sentences

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The treatment did more than simply reduce inflammation.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

In practice, Lord Young is likely to set a confiscation order reflecting the total benefit from the embezzlement and the motorhome's residual value would simply count toward satisfying that broader order.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Others will want it simply to complete their collections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

So perhaps it could be used to simply strike statutes from the books permanently.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Gingersnipes said, “And that’s great for you, rock belly, but you are a tortoise and Clare is a fox. Different, see? Foxes love their mothers, and tortoises throw themselves parties for simply being alive.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman