mere

Example Sentences

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During the mass, Leo said Christmas was a feast of "faith, charity and hope" and criticised a "distorted economy" that "leads us to treat human beings as mere merchandise".

From Barron's

It is not simply about moving representations around according to formal rules while the physical medium is treated as "mere implementation."

From Science Daily

A mere $38 is how much it costs Edesia, a long-running nonprofit based in Rhode Island, to make enough of its “ready-to-use therapeutic food” to restore a starving infant to health.

From MarketWatch

But Lord Herbert said "an explosion of social media" in the years since they were introduced has meant police had been drawn into monitoring "mere disputes" online.

From BBC

Sugaree, my intrepid pet, sees repetition in God’s creation not as mere recurrence but as theatrical encore.

From The Wall Street Journal