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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The merger is not merely merging rote language differences.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Viewed in this light, the 127 is a compendium of the American experience, not merely a repository of pet cages and cowboy boots and boxes of really bad books.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The brothers insist, however, that the graphic fluids that drench the movie’s walls and fabrics were not merely for shock effect.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024
Such an aggressive easing posture would indicate not merely an effort to normalize rates from their 23-year high but also reflect a deeper economic pullback.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Viewed in this light, the 127 is a compendium of the American experience, not merely a repository of pet cages and cowboy boots and boxes of really bad books.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
The brothers insist, however, that the graphic fluids that drench the movie’s walls and fabrics were not merely for shock effect.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2024
Such an aggressive easing posture would indicate not merely an effort to normalize rates from their 23-year high but also reflect a deeper economic pullback.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Not merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20merely. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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