simply

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Wiener, who served in the San Francisco board of supervisors himself before winning election to the state Senate in 2016, said in this political moment, “we can’t afford politics that simply preserve the status quo.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The words simply read, "that's a bad wig".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

He simply picked up goods from a warehouse in Colorado and delivered them to destinations within the state.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

“We tried to bring out the relationships rather than simply the hierarchies,” said co-curator Laurel Peterson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

That big monkey had known that the little monkey was in danger, and in his monkey talk, he had simply told him so.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls