not merely
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—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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Regime change in Iran is not merely a possibility but a historical imperative — inevitable and within reach.
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Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
Trump is not merely abandoning the United States’ traditional role in defending the prohibition on war and, with it, conquest.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Increasingly, stablecoins are viewed as a method of payment and not merely as a repository for digital cash.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
The president understands that Iran represents a multifaceted threat to Israel, not merely through its nuclear ambitions, but through its missile arsenal and significantly weakened, but still-existing regional terrorist proxies.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 18 June 2025
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Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
Trump is not merely abandoning the United States’ traditional role in defending the prohibition on war and, with it, conquest.
—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Increasingly, stablecoins are viewed as a method of payment and not merely as a repository for digital cash.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
The president understands that Iran represents a multifaceted threat to Israel, not merely through its nuclear ambitions, but through its missile arsenal and significantly weakened, but still-existing regional terrorist proxies.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 18 June 2025
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“Not merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20merely. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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