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Across India, heat is increasingly arriving not merely as high temperatures but as a combination of heat and humidity that places greater stress on the human body.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
You’re not out to fleece anyone with egregiously high commissions or merely befriend another member because you want to flog the latest financial product.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
Digital technology isn’t merely accelerating some inevitable tide but is a force unto itself—one that makes solitary leisure more appealing, corrodes the incentives for sociality and, as a downstream consequence, reduces marriage and fertility.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Kavanaugh’s opinion is quite narrow; it merely identifies a procedural Batson violation and does not by itself invalidate Terry Pitchford’s death sentence.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
He was weak; merely to turn over took great effort; and he was wretched.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Vocabulary lists containing merely
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