pure and simple
Example Sentences
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Money, pure and simple, is a main reason.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
That claim may have been accepted by some people who should know better, but it’s fakery, pure and simple.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023
"The cliche would be to underplay it but, we need to start with a win on Sunday, pure and simple," said North.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023
"Peskov is just lying there, pure and simple," Kirby said.
From Reuters • May 4, 2023
It was alchemy, pure and simple; no one had ever imagined that such a thing could happen naturally and spontaneously.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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