pure and simple

idiom

: with nothing other than what has been mentioned
used after a noun or phrase to add emphasis
It was fraud, pure and simple.
The relationship is over, pure and simple.

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Chivu painted himself as a continuity candidate, pure and simple. Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 June 2025 This is data monetization, pure and simple, your data monetization. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025 And the reason is that the carriers are evil - pure and simple. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012 According to these rumors, the decision to cancel the concert actually resulted not from Lou Reed’s deplorable state but from a pure and simple inability to locate him. Ana Leorne, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pure and simple

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“Pure and simple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pure%20and%20simple. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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