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as in only
for nothing other than
the scholarships are awarded simply on the basis of merit uninterested in food, she eats simply to keep alive
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Recent Examples of simply
Many of them were simply eager to do anything that might help turn around the business.
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Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Parents can offer children opportunities to develop their strengths through summer classes, clubs, and teams—or simply unstructured time at home.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025
Just a few days after Hudson's controversial interjection during Belichick's CBS interview, Gronkowski and former teammate Julian Edelman said on their podcast Dudes on Dudes that Hudson was simply acting as her boyfriend's publicist.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 12 May 2025
Tarot horoscopes simply show the easiest path toward that growth.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
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Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Parents can offer children opportunities to develop their strengths through summer classes, clubs, and teams—or simply unstructured time at home.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 12 May 2025
Just a few days after Hudson's controversial interjection during Belichick's CBS interview, Gronkowski and former teammate Julian Edelman said on their podcast Dudes on Dudes that Hudson was simply acting as her boyfriend's publicist.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 12 May 2025
Tarot horoscopes simply show the easiest path toward that growth.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simply
Adverb
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The bill now heads for a vote in the full House, where Speaker Johnson is operating under very tight margins: House Republicans have one of the thinnest majorities in history at 220-212, meaning Johnson can only afford to lose three members of his caucus if all Democrats are opposed.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Right above is an office accessible only by a ladder, giving it a sort of treehouse feel.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
21 May 2025
Adverb
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The singer had just gotten off the road from her Strip Love arena tour.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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The Oilers got out in front early, scoring just 1:27 into the game off the stick of Adam Henrique, his second goal of the playoffs, which turned out to be all the Oilers would need.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
Adverb
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In this way, a fence was erected, but purely for certain people.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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Any prices or levels shown are either historical or purely indicative.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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The ancient story likely no longer held any religious value for Pompeii residents and served merely as a decoration and status display, Zuchtriegel said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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But the defense is hoping to cast her recollections merely as sickening details in a deranged love story between two consenting and jealous adults.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Adverb
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Its continued existence occurs solely because of our commitment to enable it to survive.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
20 May 2025
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All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium.—
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CNBC,
19 May 2025
Adverb
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Last May, a 2016 hotel surveillance video exclusively shared by CNN showed Combs kicking, hitting and dragging Ventura Fine – actions that were first described in her legal complaint.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Zaslav is one split away from fully turning his former position atop a withering bundle of cable channels into the man exclusively in charge of HBO and Warner Bros., two giant brands in Hollywood history — and its present.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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“Simply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simply. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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