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Recent Examples of merely
These soldiers of sunshine had merely consumed all the lager, ale and Guinness.
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Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 19 June 2026
No value would be destroyed if elements of this contract were revised as part of this sale; it would merely be reapportioned, more fairly in our view.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
But the record is not merely a powerful plea for liberation.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
Except for the unfettered devotion in the latter is replaced by swooping strings and a gushy chorus that merely offer an antiseptic veneer.
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—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 19 June 2026
No value would be destroyed if elements of this contract were revised as part of this sale; it would merely be reapportioned, more fairly in our view.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
But the record is not merely a powerful plea for liberation.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2026
Except for the unfettered devotion in the latter is replaced by swooping strings and a gushy chorus that merely offer an antiseptic veneer.
62.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merely
Adverb
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And Kemp shed his vow of neutrality to back the lieutenant governor just two days before the runoff.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
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Lucy passed away just a month before her second birthday from a brain hemorrhage — cancer-free.—
Siafa Lewis,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Adverb
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But a federal appeals court reversed that decision, ruling the Voting Rights Act can only be enforced by the federal government and not through lawsuits brought by individual voters or groups.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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In 1908 a significant court ruling determined that only those born to Parsi fathers are recognized by the state as Parsi, laying the groundwork for more than a century of exclusion.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Adverb
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To pull it off, the show’s creative team had to build a rock star from the ground up, crafting a visual identity, creating music that could stand on its own outside the series, and transforming Reid into a performer capable of owning a crowd rather than simply acting in front of one.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Every fuel truck destroyed, ammunition convoy disrupted or logistics hub struck forces Russian commanders to expend additional time, resources and manpower simply maintaining battlefield operations.—
Hunter LaCroix,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
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“Merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merely. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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