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as in only
for nothing other than
the scholarships are awarded simply on the basis of merit uninterested in food, she eats simply to keep alive
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Recent Examples of simply
Michelob Ultra hasn’t risen simply because Bud Light has fallen.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
The thing with any viral skincare trend is that a one-size-fits-all approach simply doesn’t exist.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City is also colloquially known as the Square Mile.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
There’s simply no way Söderblom can be held to three starts or fewer between now and whenever Brossoit is back.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
The thing with any viral skincare trend is that a one-size-fits-all approach simply doesn’t exist.
—Daisy Jones, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2024
The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City is also colloquially known as the Square Mile.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
There’s simply no way Söderblom can be held to three starts or fewer between now and whenever Brossoit is back.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for simply
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There is no way to buy it, and mothers can only get it for free by participating in events.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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An All-Star in six seasons, Colavito provided the muscle for the Cleveland Indians and several other American League teams in the late ’50s and ’60s, an era in which only a handful of Hall of Famers outslugged him.Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Founded by coffee enthusiast and marketing expert David Boucher, Escape Cafe stands out in the crowded specialty coffee niche, offering customers the highest quality beans and blends roasted just right every time.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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He was named Associated Press (AP) player of the year on Thursday, as well as receiving the Chuck Bednarik Award for defensive player of the year and, just hours later, the Fred Biletnikoff Award for receiver of the year.Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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Breslow did comment from a purely baseball perspective as to why Chapman intrigued the team.Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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From a purely political perspective, such a OLC memo offers an order of magnitude upgrade in its rhetorical power.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Demonstrating Leadership And Initiative Ambition without action is merely a dream.Rosalba Carandente, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Yet, his courtship of Sunni elites merely created the illusion that Assad’s regime was inclusive.Sefa Secen / Made by History, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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But until last year, Globe noms were solely determined by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a group of fewer than 100 people based in and around LA.Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
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Censorship of books will also be barred based solely on a person's objection to the material.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this year, WWD exclusively revealed Jolie as Tom Ford Beauty’s first celebrity spokesmodel.Hannah Malach, WWD, 15 Dec. 2024
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However, our understanding of the rise of the pterodactyloids had been based almost exclusively on the fossil record of the Northern Hemisphere, with precious few specimens having been identified from the southern continents.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Simply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simply. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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