purely
Example Sentences
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Currently, the charter prohibits the city from mortgaging city-owned property and prevents it from operating purely commercial or industrial businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
This involves either hiring a professional trustee or a corporate trust firm to act as trustee — which is a purely administrative role and does not involve inheriting anything.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
But then something will happen that reminds me of life’s sheer unpredictability, and that matters of the heart are purely unknowable.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Is it purely down to the high fat, sugar, salt and calorie content?
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Unable to arrive at a theory of heredity via experimental means, Darwin was forced to conjure one up from purely theoretical grounds.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
