merely
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“The death crossover sounds scary, but it is merely a reflection of what has been happening to gold prices over the past few months,” Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst at FOREX.com, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
And so their constitutional significance lies in their character, not merely their duration.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026
Scouts were deployed throughout France, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands - not merely to monitor promising youngsters but to strengthen links with them and their families long before senior international football entered the equation.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
But merely re-signing those guys won’t improve the Lakers’ odds of getting past the Oklahoma City Thunder or San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026
Back then, just as today, some teachers merely taught right and wrong answers.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing merely
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