purely

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Previously, the company had to justify AI investments purely through internal operations, whereas rivals could point to their cloud-computing divisions.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

This logic, however, doesn’t necessarily extend to independent agencies, which aren’t purely executive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Power generation, storage, beam control and thermal management have matured to a point where directed energy is no longer purely a laboratory proposition.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

I used to feel so overwhelmed when deciding what to feed my guests, purely because I was making a straightforward task unnecessarily difficult.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

These, too, were called sciences—but philosophy and theology were purely conceptual explorations that lacked an accompanying applied skill.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton