not merely
idiom
—used to say that one thing is true and that another thing is also true
He was not merely a great baseball player, he was also a great person.
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But Chile is not merely following the same far-right playbook of its neighbors.
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Andra B. Chastain, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
He was drawn to detective stories in which the principal investigators must not merely solve a mystery but accommodate themselves to a reality that is too terrible to be believed—or else repress or dissociate from that reality.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
This document that defined NASCAR’s model of business, as well as the years of negotiations leading up to its implementation, was not merely a source of tension throughout the industry but was the catalyst that ultimately led to the teams’ lawsuit.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
The autonomous solution This intelligent mining transport system is not merely a remote-control setup.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
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Andra B. Chastain, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
He was drawn to detective stories in which the principal investigators must not merely solve a mystery but accommodate themselves to a reality that is too terrible to be believed—or else repress or dissociate from that reality.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
This document that defined NASCAR’s model of business, as well as the years of negotiations leading up to its implementation, was not merely a source of tension throughout the industry but was the catalyst that ultimately led to the teams’ lawsuit.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
The autonomous solution This intelligent mining transport system is not merely a remote-control setup.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
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“Not merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20merely. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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