not merely
idiom
—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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For You, the poles of totalitarian versus liberal, Global Northwest versus Global South, are not merely reductive descriptions but already embroiled in performative contradictions.
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Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 June 2025
For Trump, trade is not merely an economic issue, but a litmus test of whether America is winning or losing on the world stage.
—Ryan Hass, Time, 30 May 2025
The academy is not merely a military training camp with classrooms.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 29 May 2025
This surge is not merely the result of fringe radicals.
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Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 June 2025
For Trump, trade is not merely an economic issue, but a litmus test of whether America is winning or losing on the world stage.
—Ryan Hass, Time, 30 May 2025
The academy is not merely a military training camp with classrooms.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 29 May 2025
This surge is not merely the result of fringe radicals.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
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“Not merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20merely. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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