How to Use not merely in a Sentence

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  • That is why the future of jobs is not merely a technology story.
    — John Akkara, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Do that, and Ukraine will not merely contest Russian advances.
    — David A. Deptula, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Lawyers do not merely promise to represent clients zealously.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Its proclaimed intention was not merely to change the ways of art and literature but to transform life itself.
    — Susan Rubin Suleiman, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • The best leaders understand that feedback is not merely corrective.
    — Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The long-term solution to misunderstanding is not merely asking others to learn about us.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • An architecture that can be undone treats autonomy as something built in, not merely promised.
    — Tetiana Aleksandrova, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The molecules do not merely sit there holding electrons like ions in a conventional battery electrode.
    — New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • Security is now understood as a personal risk structure, not merely a job title.
    — Henrik Totterman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • The authority of a judicial opinion rests not merely on its logic but on the accountability of the judge who signs it.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • What separates Darcy from the parade that followed him is that his arc is genuinely moral, not merely emotional.
    — Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
  • For founders, executives and business owners, divorce is not merely a personal matter.
    — Hossein Berenji, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • As the model spread, entire families lived in mill villages where the employer did not merely buy labor, but organized the clock, the town, the wages, and much of the life around them.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • This time, progressing deeper into the tournament is not merely a fond hope but a fairly reasonable expectation.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
  • Wolff has been clear that F1 Academy’s purpose is not merely to help more women move up the motorsports ladder, but to foster and nurture the pipeline in all roles across racing.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • The eventual move toward proprietary kinematics, motion planning and robotic frameworks was not merely a technical decision.
    — Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Why This Matters To Business Leaders For executives, this shift is not merely technical.
    — Nathanaël Bondu, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Officials on Tuesday emphasized that the goal is not merely to arrest low-level members but to dismantle the organization’s operational backbone.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • In a sovereign model approach, the coding assistant is not merely guessing; it is grounded in the formal specifications and the enterprise's deep institutional context.
    — Vinod Bijlani, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That proposition did not merely justify American independence.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The Preeminence framework describes communication as an environment people enter, not merely a lever used to extract decisions.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • These reforms reflect a broader philosophy that incarceration should not merely warehouse individuals until release.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • In addition, because regulations are not merely being anchored to geographic locations, these time-consuming complexities can be compounded.
    — Sanjay Ghare, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • His celebrated Lectures on Law repeatedly returned to natural rights, popular sovereignty, and the proposition that law derives its authority not merely from power but from justice.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Recent campaigns such as Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon demonstrate that sophisticated adversaries are not merely stealing information.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Nevin remembered the songwriter as a melancholic genius, and insisted that Foster did not merely caricature Black Americans but used their vernacular to convey universal themes.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • As America approaches its 250th anniversary, the author emphasizes that freedom is a profound responsibility, not merely an inheritance.
    — Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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