not merely
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—used to say that one thing is true and that another thing is also true
He was not merely a great baseball player, he was also a great person.
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Nia Bowers, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Whether inside posh beachside resorts or cool urban havens, these stores are not merely window dressing.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
Buffett’s strategy shows that interest rates are not merely background noise or fodder for CNBC headlines.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
As the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis documented, the press are often participants, not merely neutral observers, in the Israel-Islamist conflict.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Not merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20merely. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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