mere

Example Sentences

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It takes a mere 10 minutes to escape traffic and explore the Mae Sa Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal

The inspiration came from George Soros’s “Alchemy of Finance,” the first book that made Van Geelen see investing as philosophy rather than mere spreadsheets.

From MarketWatch

Critics charge this is treating people’s liberties as mere commodities.

From Salon

The mere thought of Isadora made him relax a little.

From Literature

But that jacket gets mere seconds of airtime before it is on to the next jacket, blue, featuring whimsical stitchings of houses, a garment she describes as reminiscent of something you’d find at Anthropologie.

From Slate