merely

Example Sentences

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"It's much more than merely delaying or preventing symptoms."

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

The golf, or fly fishing, is merely a good excuse to go do that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

In any case, he insists, "Yes" is not about Israel per se; rather, the country serves merely as a setting in which to observe that "strong feeling of chaos" he sees in the world today.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

While a nation isn’t merely an idea, it needs stories to hold its countrymen together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Actually, Eisman didn’t speak those final sentences that morning; he merely thought them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis